Table 2 Baseline population characteristics of the longitudinal study across HbA1c/HDL-C tertiles in 2011
Characteristic | Total (n = 5165) | Tertiles | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 (1.65,3.88) (n = 1728) | T2 (3.88,4.81) (n = 1718) | T3 (4.81,8.97) (n = 1719) | |||
Age, year | 58.35 ± 8.24 | 58.48 ± 8.31 | 58.13 ± 8.26 | 58.43 ± 8.13 | 0.93 |
Age, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.65 |
 < 60 | 2942(56.96) | 972(56.25) | 993(57.80) | 977(56.84) |  |
 > = 60 | 2223(43.04) | 756(43.75) | 725(42.20) | 742(43.16) |  |
Female, n (%) | 2867(55.51) | 1012(58.56) | 977(56.87) | 878(51.08) |  < 0.0001 |
Education, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Primary school or lower | 3634(70.36) | 1268(73.38) | 1206(70.20) | 1160(67.48) |  |
 Middle school or higher | 1531(29.64) | 460(26.62) | 512(29.80) | 559(32.52) |  |
Marital status, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  < 0.01 |
 Married | 4667(90.36) | 1536(88.89) | 1549(90.16) | 1582(92.03) |  |
 Non-Married | 498(9.64) | 192(11.11) | 169(9.84) | 137(7.97) |  |
Residence, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
 Rural area | 3509(67.94) | 1259(72.86) | 1166(67.87) | 1084(63.06) |  |
 Urban | 1656(32.06) | 469(27.14) | 552(32.13) | 635(36.94) |  |
BMI, kg/m2 |  |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
 < 24 | 3004(58.16) | 1300(75.23) | 998(58.09) | 706(41.07) |  |
 24–28 | 1745(33.79) | 363(21.01) | 588(34.23) | 794(46.19) |  |
 > = 28 | 416(8.05) | 65(3.76) | 132(7.68) | 219(12.74) |  |
Smoking, n (%) | 1936(37.48) | 610(35.30) | 622(36.20) | 704(40.95) |  < 0.01 |
Drinking, n (%) | 1692(32.76) | 656(37.96) | 532(30.97) | 504(29.32) |  < 0.0001 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 1999(38.70) | 569(32.93) | 627(36.50) | 803(46.71) |  < 0.0001 |
DM, n (%) | 656(12.70) | 107(6.19) | 131(7.63) | 418(24.32) |  < 0.0001 |
Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 2077(40.21) | 360(20.83) | 503(29.28) | 1214(70.62) |  < 0.0001 |
Heart disease, n (%) | 553(10.71) | 145(8.39) | 175(10.19) | 233(13.55) |  < 0.0001 |
Chronic lung disease, n (%) | 513(9.93) | 182(10.53) | 169(9.84) | 162(9.42) | 0.55 |
New stroke incidence, n (%) | 336(6.51) | 75(4.34) | 122(7.10) | 139(8.09) |  < 0.0001 |
Hemoglobin, g/dL | 14.39 ± 2.17 | 14.10 ± 2.06 | 14.44 ± 2.17 | 14.62 ± 2.25 |  < 0.0001 |
TC, mg/dL | 193.52 ± 38.01 | 198.80 ± 35.47 | 191.33 ± 37.14 | 190.41 ± 40.70 |  < 0.0001 |
TG, mg/dL | 130.58 ± 93.65 | 92.63 ± 45.51 | 120.97 ± 65.31 | 178.33 ± 127.26 |  < 0.0001 |
LDL-C, mg/dL | 116.71 ± 34.37 | 116.71 ± 32.74 | 119.31 ± 33.07 | 114.11 ± 36.96 | 0.01 |
FBG, mg/dL | 108.19 ± 30.92 | 101.76 ± 17.71 | 104.18 ± 19.33 | 118.67 ± 44.92 |  < 0.0001 |
BUN, mg/dL | 15.64 ± 4.32 | 16.07 ± 4.62 | 15.40 ± 4.12 | 15.45 ± 4.18 |  < 0.0001 |
Creatinine, mg/dL | 0.77 ± 0.18 | 0.75 ± 0.18 | 0.76 ± 0.17 | 0.78 ± 0.19 |  < 0.0001 |
UA, mg/dL | 4.36 ± 1.21 | 4.22 ± 1.16 | 4.30 ± 1.19 | 4.56 ± 1.26 |  < 0.0001 |
Cumulative mean HbA1c/HDL-C | 4.48 ± 1.18 | 3.31 ± 0.41 | 4.32 ± 0.26 | 5.81 ± 0.89 |  < 0.0001 |