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. 2022 Sep 26;9:1006379. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1006379

Table 2.

Baseline characteristic of the subjects with dyslipidemia.

Characteristic Total (N = 9,339) Non-hypertension
(N = 4,889)
Hypertension (N = 4,450) P Non-T2DM (N = 7,843) T2DM
(N = 1,496)
P
Age, years, mean (S.D.) 59.49 (11.44) 55.33 (10.50) 64.07 (10.65) < 0.001* 58.78 (11.38) 63.22 (11.00) < 0.001*
BMI, kg/m2, mean (S.D.) 24.21 (3.54) 23.41 (3.29) 25.08 (3.59) < 0.001* 24.06 (3.48) 24.99 (3.72) < 0.001*
LTPA, MET-h, median (Interquartile) 34.65 (41.10) 34.65 (42.07) 34.65 (40.25) 0.541 34.65 (41.60) 35.00 (39.23) 0.928
Diet quality score, mean (S.D.) 7.40 (1.80) 7.460 (1.80) 7.339 (1.81) 0.001* 7.385 (1.80) 7.495 (1.84) 0.033*
Sex, N (%) < 0.001 0.041
Male 3,228 (34.56) 1,555 (31.81) 1,673 (37.60) 2,676 (34.12) 552 (36.90)
Female 6,111 (65.44) 3,334 (68.19) 2,777 (62.40) 5,167 (65.88) 944 (63.10)
Education, N (%) < 0.001 0.180
< high school 5,809 (62.20) 2,744 (56.13) 3,065 (68.88) 4,902 (62.50) 907 (60.63)
≥high school 3,530 (37.80) 2,145 (43.87) 1,385 (31.12) 2,941 (37.50) 589 (39.37)
Material status, N (%) < 0.001 0.003
Married 7,884 (84.42) 4,271 (87.36) 3,613 (81.19) 6,660 (84.92) 1,224 (81.82)
Others 1,455 (15.58) 618 (12.64) 837 (18.81) 1,183 (15.08) 272 (18.18)
Retirement status, N (%) < 0.001 < 0.001
Non-retirement 3,829 (41.00) 2,544 (52.04) 1,285 (28.88) 3,418 (43.58) 411 (27.47)
Retirement 5,510 (59.00) 2,345 (47.96) 3,165 (71.12) 4,425 (56.42) 1,085 (72.53)
Diet quality, N (%) 0.001 0.466
Unhealthy 2,912 (31.18) 1,452 (29.70) 1,460 (32.81) 2,458 (31.34) 454 (30.35)
Healthy 6,427 (68.82) 3,437 (70.30) 2,990 (67.19) 5,385 (68.66) 1,042 (69.65)
Smoking, N (%) 0.044 0.788
Smoker 1,933 (20.70) 972 (19.88) 961 (21.60) 1,619 (20.64) 314 (20.99)
Non-Smoker 7,406 (79.30) 3,917 (80.12) 3,489 (78.40) 6,224 (79.36) 1,182 (79.01)
Alcohol drinking, N (%) 0.016 0.229
Frequent 566 (6.06) 268 (5.48) 298 (6.70) 486 (6.20) 80 (5.35)
Never or Occasional 8,773 (93.94) 4,621 (94.52) 4,152 (93.30) 7,357 (93.80) 1,416 (94.65)
BMI, N (%) < 0.001 < 0.001
Unhealthy 5,094 (54.55) 2,312 (47.29) 2,782 (62.52) 4,165 (53.10) 929 (62.10)
Healthy 4,245 (45.45) 2,577 (52.71) 1,668 (37.48) 3,678 (46.90) 567 (37.90)
LTPA, N (%) 0.622 0.870
Unhealthy 1,333 (14.27) 689 (14.09) 644 (14.47) 1,122 (14.31) 211 (14.10)
Healthy 8,006 (85.73) 4,200 (85.91) 3,806 (85.53) 6,721 (85.69) 1,285 (85.90)
Number of dyslipidemia indicators, N (%) < 0.001 < 0.001
One indicator abnormal 1,946 (20.84) 1,023 (20.92) 923 (20.74) 1,665 (21.23) 281 (18.78)
Two indicators abnormal 3,816 (40.86) 2,182 (44.63) 1,634 (36.72) 3,343 (42.62) 473 (31.62)
Three indicators abnormal 2,758 (29.53) 1,348 (27.57) 1,410 (31.69) 2,232 (28.46) 526 (35.16)
Four indicators abnormal 236 (2.53) 116 (2.37) 120 (2.70) 183 (2.33) 53 (3.54)
Five indicators abnormal 583 (6.24) 220 (4.50) 363 (8.16) 420 (5.36) 163 (10.90)

BMI, body mass index; LTPA, leisure-time physical activity; MET-h, metabolic equivalent values-hours; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus. *P value from t-test; P value from Wilcoxon rank sum test; P value Chi-square test.