Table 1 Baseline population characteristics of the cross-sectional study across HbA1c/HDL-C tertiles in 2011
Characteristic | Total (n = 8502) | Tertiles | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 (1.34,3.53) (n = 2828) | T2 (3.53,4.61) (n = 2840) | T3 (4.61,8.99) (n = 2834) | |||
Age, year | 58.91 ± 8.74 | 59.27 ± 8.95 | 58.68 ± 8.69 | 58.77 ± 8.56 | 0.05 |
Age, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.16 |
 < 60 | 4712(55.42) | 1530(53.99) | 1602(56.41) | 1580(55.87) |  |
 > = 60 | 3790(44.58) | 1304(46.01) | 1238(43.59) | 1248(44.13) |  |
Female, n (%) | 4540(53.40) | 1563(55.15) | 1566(55.14) | 1411(49.89) |  < 0.0001 |
Education, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Primary school or lower | 5973(70.25) | 2063(72.79) | 1997(70.32) | 1913(67.64) |  |
 Middle school or higher | 2529(29.75) | 771(27.21) | 843(29.68) | 915(32.36) |  |
Marital status, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  < 0.01 |
 Married | 7556(88.87) | 2477(87.40) | 2546(89.65) | 2533(89.57) |  |
 Non-Married | 946(11.13) | 357(12.60) | 294(10.35) | 295(10.43) |  |
Residence, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
 Rural area | 5581(65.64) | 2029(71.59) | 1863(65.60) | 1689(59.72) |  |
 Urban | 2921(34.36) | 805(28.41) | 977(34.40) | 1139(40.28) |  |
BMI, kg/m2 |  |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
 < 24 | 5822(68.48) | 2349(82.89) | 1971(69.40) | 1502(53.11) |  |
 24–28 | 2267(26.66) | 432(15.24) | 720(25.35) | 1115(39.43) |  |
 > = 28 | 413(4.86) | 53(1.87) | 149(5.25) | 211(7.46) |  |
Smoking, n (%) | 3348(39.38) | 1100(38.81) | 1059(37.29) | 1189(42.04) |  < 0.001 |
Drinking, n (%) | 2797(32.90) | 1100(38.81) | 859(30.25) | 838(29.63) |  < 0.0001 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 3450(40.58) | 977(34.47) | 1130(39.79) | 1343(47.49) |  < 0.0001 |
DM, n (%) | 1152(13.55) | 193(6.81) | 275(9.68) | 684(24.19) |  < 0.0001 |
Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 3380(39.76) | 548(19.34) | 732(25.77) | 2100(74.26) |  < 0.0001 |
Heart disease, n (%) | 971(11.42) | 254(8.96) | 311(10.95) | 406(14.36) |  < 0.0001 |
Chronic lung disease, n (%) | 900(10.59) | 322(11.36) | 311(10.95) | 267(9.44) | 0.05 |
Stroke, n (%) | 189(2.22) | 36(1.27) | 52(1.83) | 101(3.57) |  < 0.0001 |
Hemoglobin, g/dL | 14.39 ± 2.21 | 14.10 ± 2.10 | 14.38 ± 2.18 | 14.68 ± 2.31 |  < 0.0001 |
TC, mg/dL | 193.75 ± 38.19 | 199.05 ± 35.91 | 192.12 ± 37.53 | 190.09 ± 40.43 |  < 0.0001 |
TG, mg/dL | 128.15 ± 85.22 | 88.33 ± 40.34 | 117.90 ± 61.54 | 178.35 ± 110.41 |  < 0.0001 |
LDL-C, mg/dL | 117.25 ± 34.58 | 116.78 ± 33.29 | 120.46 ± 33.65 | 116.78 ± 33.29 |  < 0.01 |
FBG, mg/dL | 108.55 ± 31.30 | 102.19 ± 19.28 | 104.49 ± 23.89 | 119.01 ± 42.83 |  < 0.0001 |
BUN, mg/dL | 15.70 ± 4.48 | 16.15 ± 4.67 | 15.61 ± 4.44 | 15.33 ± 4.29 |  < 0.0001 |
Creatinine, mg/dL | 0.78 ± 0.20 | 0.77 ± 0.20 | 0.78 ± 0.19 | 0.80 ± 0.20 |  < 0.0001 |
UA, mg/dL | 4.44 ± 1.25 | 4.29 ± 1.21 | 4.40 ± 1.21 | 4.64 ± 1.29 |  < 0.0001 |
HbA1c/HDL-C | 4.25 ± 1.33 | 2.94 ± 0.42 | 4.04 ± 0.30 | 5.77 ± 0.97 |  < 0.0001 |