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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population stratified by sex

From: Sex differences in the nonlinear association of triglyceride glucose index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population

Characteristics

Overall

Male

Female

P-value

Age, years

7851

(45.1)

3733

(44.3)

4118

(45.8)

0.001

Education, %

      

0.995

< High school

2680

(21.8)

1324

(21.8)

1356

(21.8)

 

High school

1842

(25.4)

853

(25.3)

989

(25.4)

 

> High school

3312

(52.8)

1549

(52.9)

1763

(52.7)

 

Physical activity, %

      

< 0.001

Inactive

3981

(48.2)

1727

(44)

2254

(52)

 

Active

3316

(51.8)

1669

(56)

1647

(48)

 

Smoking, %

      

< 0.001

Never

3665

(50.5)

1366

(43)

2299

(57.4)

 

Ever or current

3387

(49.5)

1973

(57)

1414

(42.6)

 

Drinking, %

936

(16.4)

755

(24.6)

181

(7.5)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2

7564

(27.9)

3591

(27.8)

3973

(28.1)

0.064

WC, cm

7579

(95.6)

3609

(98.8)

3970

(92.7)

< 0.001

SBP, mmHg

6245

(118.6)

3031

(121.5)

3214

(115.8)

< 0.001

DBP, mmHg

6245

(71.3)

3031

(72.8)

3214

(69.9)

< 0.001

Diabetes, %

804

(7.7)

421

(8.4)

383

(6.9)

0.009

Hypertension, %

2192

(25.7)

1013

(24)

1179

(27.2)

0.026

CAD, %

288

(3.5)

186

(4.4)

102

(2.6)

0.009

Cancer, %

587

(7.9)

295

(6.9)

292

(8.9)

0.002

Antihypertensive drugs, %

1384

(14.9)

666

(13.8)

718

(16)

0.039

Statins, %

505

(6.5)

274

(7)

231

(6)

0.244

Glucose-lowering drugs, %

425

(3.8)

204

(3.8)

221

(3.7)

0.827

TyG index

7851

(8.6)

3733

(8.7)

4118

(8.5)

< 0.001

Glucose, mmol/L

7851

(5.3)

3733

(5.4)

4118

(5.2)

< 0.001

HbA1c, %

7846

(5.5)

3729

(5.5)

4117

(5.4)

0.002

TC, mmol/L

7836

(5.2)

3724

(5.2)

4112

(5.3)

0.050

TG, mmol/L

7851

(1.6)

3733

(1.8)

4118

(1.4)

< 0.001

LDL-C, mmol/L

7836

(3.1)

3724

(3.2)

4112

(3.1)

0.091

HDL-C, mmol/L

7836

(1.3)

3724

(1.2)

4112

(1.5)

< 0.001

UA, umol/L

7850

(319.0)

3732

(362.7)

4118

(278.4)

< 0.001

eGFR, ml/min/1.73m2

7850

(105.0)

3732

(128.5)

4118

(83.1)

< 0.001

  1. Data in the table are presented as survey-weighted mean or survey-weighted percentage (%)
  2. BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; CAD: coronary atherosclerotic heart disease; TyG: triglyceride glucose; HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; UA: uric acid; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate
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