Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics in all subjects

Age (years)

66 (57, 77)

67 (51, 76)

0.114

Sex (M/F)

318/248

91/106

0.016 *

BMI (kg/m²)

24.4 (22.4, 27.4)

23.4 (21.4, 25.3)

< 0.001 *

Smoking (%)

75 (13.3)

19 (9.6)

0.209

Alcohol use (%)

78 (13.8)

18 (9.1)

0.105

H-type hypertension (%)

103 (18.2)

18 (9.1)

0.002 *

Hypertension (%)

430 (76.0)

79 (40.1)

< 0.001 *

Diabetes mellitus (%)

155 (27.4)

17 (8.6)

< 0.001 *

Metabolic syndrome (%)

115 (20.3)

27 (13.7)

0.043 *

Cardiovascular disease (%)

464 (82.0)

83 (42.1)

< 0.001 *

SBP (mmHg)

139.5 (127, 156)

123 (121, 140)

< 0.001 *

DBP (mmHg)

84 (77, 94)

78 (70, 87)

< 0.001 *

GLU (mmol/L)

5.3 (4.7, 6.2)

5.2 (4.7, 6.1)

0.343

SCr (μmol/L)

69.9 (59, 83)

63 (53, 74)

< 0.001 *

TC (mmol/L)

4.2 (3.5, 5.1)

4.2 (3.5, 4.9)

0.228

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.5 (1.9, 3.1)

2.3 (1.8, 2.8)

0.003 *

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.1 (0.8, 1.3)

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

< 0.001 *

TG (mmol/L)

1.4 (1.0, 2.1)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

< 0.001 *

ApoA (mmol/L)

1.2 (1.1, 1.4)

0.9 (0.8, 1.2)

< 0.001 *

ApoB (mmol/L)

0.8 (0.6, 0.9)

0.8 (0.6, 0.9)

0.494

sd-LDL (mg/dL)

7 (2, 17)

3 (1, 6)

< 0.001 *