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Table 2 Differences of characteristics between patients with and without SBI

From: High triglyceride/HDL cholesterol ratio is associated with silent brain infarcts in a healthy population

 

No SBI

(n = 2909)

SBI

(n = 263)

P-value

Age, y [IQR]

56 [50–62]

63 [57–69]

<  0.001

Sex, male, n (%)

1567 (53.9)

146 (55.5)

0.608

Body mass index, kg/m2 [IQR]

24.00 [22.12–25.95]

24.24 [22.05–26.18]

0.357

Hypertension, n (%)

619 (21.3)

93 (35.4)

<  0.001

Diabetes, n (%)

378 (13.0)

59 (22.4)

<  0.001

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

737 (25.4)

71 (27.0)

0.562

Ischemic heart disease, n (%)

110 (3.8)

14 (5.3)

0.217

Current smoking, n (%)

455 (15.6)

34 (12.9)

0.243

Current alcohol use, n (%)

1419 (48.8)

120 (45.6)

0.327

On antiplatelet medication, n (%)

285 (9.8)

41 (15.6)

0.003

On antihypertensive, n (%)

635 (21.8)

64 (24.3)

0.348

On statin, n (%)

233 (8.0)

23 (8.7)

0.675

Fasting glucose, mg/dL [IQR]

91 [85–101]

94 [85–109]

0.003

Total cholesterol, mg/dL [IQR]

198 [175–223]

191 [166–218]

0.003

LDL cholesterol, mg/dL [IQR]

125 [102–147]

117 [90–147]

0.009

HDL cholesterol, mg/dL [IQR]

53 [45–63]

51 [43–61]

0.028

Triglycerides, mg/dL [IQR]

99 [72–144]

107 [77–148]

0.037

TG/HDL cholesterol ratio [IQR]

1.85 [1.22–2.98]

2.12 [1.31–3.38]

0.016

TC/TG ratio [IQR]

1.97 [1.39–2.69]

1.74 [1.20–2.49]

0.002

White blood cells, × 103/μL [IQR]

5.30 [4.40–6.36]

5.48 [4.44–6.77]

0.054

hs-CRP, mg/dL [IQR]

0.04 [0.01–0.15]

0.07 [0.01–0.17]

0.039

Intracranial atherosclerosis, n (%)

80 (2.8)

15 (5.7)

0.007

  1. LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein