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Table. 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants

Characteristic 8-year cardiovascular disease event P*

Yes (N=252) No (N=5,620)
Sex, N (%) 0.103
Male 131 (52.0) 2,627 (46.7)
Female 121 (48.0) 2,993 (53.3)
Age, median (IQR) 62 (52–67) 55 (50–64) < 0.001
Hypertension, N (%) 83 (32.9) 1,272 (22.6) < 0.001
DM, N (%) 38 (15.1) 564 (10.0) 0.010
Current smoking, N (%) 47 (18.7) 949 (16.9) 0.452
CKD, N (%) 21 (8.3) 275 (4.9) 0.015
Family history, N (%) 15 (6.0) 225 (4.0) 0.125
Lipid markers, median (IQR)
LDL-C, mmol/L 3.24 (2.73–3.90) 3.19 (2.65–3.71) 0.058
Non-HDL-C, mmol/L 3.97 (3.44–4.70) 3.88 (3.31–4.45) 0.003
ApoB (μmol/L; N= 5,160) 2.16 (1.85–2.53) 2.05 (1.75–2.39) 0.001

*P-values were obtained using the chi-square test and Student’s t-test.

Abbreviations: DM, diabetes mellitus; CKD, chronic kidney disease; IQR, interquartile range; LDL-C, LDL cholesterol; Non-HDL-C, non-HDL cholesterol; ApoB, apolipoprotein B.

Ann Lab Med 2023;43:237~243 https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2023.43.3.237

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