TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics stratified by remnant lipoprotein cholesterol (RC) tertiles.

	Total	Remnant cholesterol, mmol/L			P-value
		Tertile 1 (< 0.42)	Tertile 2 (0.42- < 0.64)	Tertile 3 (≥ 0.64)
N	872	290	290	292
Age, year	51.39 ± 4.96	50.86 ± 5.01	51.01 ± 5.11	52.30 ± 4.62	< 0.001
Female, N (%)	642 (73.62%)	227 (78.28%)	213 (73.45%)	202 (69.18%)	0.045
BMI, kg/m2	25.62 ± 3.31	24.35 ± 3.12	25.84 ± 3.25	26.67 ± 3.15	< 0.001
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	5.27 ± 0.90	4.83 ± 0.71	5.21 ± 0.80	5.76 ± 0.92	< 0.001
Triglycerides, mmol/L	1.22 (0.88, 1.77)	0.79 (0.63, 1.02)	1.23 (1.00, 1.55)	2.07 (1.54, 2.71)	< 0.001
HDL-C, mmol/L	1.49 ± 0.40	1.74 ± 0.41	1.46 ± 0.33	1.26 ± 0.29	< 0.001
LDL-C, mmol/L	3.20 ± 0.74	2.79 ± 0.57	3.23 ± 0.65	3.57 ± 0.78	< 0.001
Non-HDL-C, mmol/L	3.78 ± 0.91	3.09 ± 0.60	3.76 ± 0.66	4.50 ± 0.83	< 0.001
Remnant cholesterol, mmol/L	0.52 (0.37–0.70)	0.32 (0.24–0.37)	0.52 (0.47–0.58)	0.81 (0.70–0.97)	< 0.001
FBG, mmol/L	5.84 ± 1.49	5.64 ± 1.43	5.71 ± 1.05	6.17 ± 1.83	< 0.001
eGFR, mL/min/1.73°m2	100.23 ± 9.42	101.75 ± 8.82	101.03 ± 9.27	97.92 ± 9.73	< 0.001
Current drinking, N (%)	196 (22.48%)	57 (19.66%)	69 (23.79%)	70 (23.97%)	0.370
Current smoking, N (%)	133 (15.25%)	33 (11.38%)	41 (14.14%)	59 (20.21%)	0.010
Disease, N (%)
Hypertension	235 (26.95%)	57 (19.66%)	67 (23.10%)	111 (38.01%)	< 0.001
Diabetes mellitus	113 (12.96%)	30 (10.34%)	28 (9.66%)	55 (18.84%)	0.001
Treatment, N (%)
Antihypertensive	114 (13.07%)	35 (12.07%)	33 (11.38%)	46 (15.75%)	0.242
Hypoglycemic	34 (3.90%)	12 (4.15%)	7 (2.41%)	15 (5.14%)	0.229

Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or median (IQR, Q1-Q3) for continuous variables and number (percentage) for dichotomous variables.

BMI, body mass index; RC, remnant cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Non-HDL-C, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBG, fasting blood glucose; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.