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Table 2 Associations between NC and biochemical risk factors

From: Synergistic effects of neck circumference and metabolic risk factors on insulin resistance: the Cardiometabolic Risk in Chinese (CRC) study

 

NC (in quintiles, cm)

  

Variables

Q1(≤33)

Q2(34–35)

Q3(36–37)

Q4(38–39)

Q5(≥40)

P1

P2

TC, mmol/L

4.90 ± 0.86

4.92 ± 0.86

5.04 ± 0.87

5.10 ± 0.86

5.18 ± 0.93

0.0001

0.646

TG, mmol/L

1.03 ± 0.95

1.32 ± 1.06

1.71 ± 1.61

2.05 ± 1.68

2.29 ± 1.99

0.0001

0.009

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.44 ± 0.29

1.31 ± 0.29

1.22 ± 0.27

1.13 ± 0.56

1.10 ± 0.24

0.0001

0.001

LDL-C, mmol/L

2.84 ± 0.69

2.91 ± 0.72

3.02 ± 0.78

3.05 ± 0.75

3.11 ± 0.79

0.0001

0.909

UA, μmol/L

233.97 ± 53.55

277.68 ± 67.89

319.40 ± 65.53

338.75 ± 71.79

352.53 ± 75.39

0.0001

0.015

SBP, mmHg

115 ± 14

121 ± 15

125 ± 14

127 ± 16

131 ± 15

0.0001

0.843

DBP, mmHg

73 ± 10

77 ± 7

80 ± 10

82 ± 11

85 ± 11

0.0001

0.015

  1. The values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. Abbreviations: TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, UA Uric acid, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure.
  3. P1 was for models with age and sex adjusted; P2 was for models with age, sex, BMI, WC, and HC adjusted.