Table 1 Baseline characteristics.

From: Association between TyG-BMI and BPH in a national prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Total (n = 3301)

Non-BPH (n = 3028)

BPH (n = 268)

p

Age

59.4 ± 8.8

59.2 ± 8.8

61.5 ± 8.5

< 0.001

Education

< 0.001

 Primary school or below

2872 (87.0)

2657 (87.6)

215 (80.2)

 

 High school

376 (11.4)

336 (11.1)

40 (14.9)

 

 College or above

53 ( 1.6)

40 (1.3)

13 (4.9)

 

Marital

0.423

 Married

2932 (88.8)

2690 (88.7)

242 (90.3)

 

 Non-married

369 (11.2)

343 (11.3)

26 (9.7)

 

Location

0.001

 City/town

226 ( 6.8)

195 (6.4)

31 (11.6)

 

 Village

3075 (93.2)

2838 (93.6)

237 (88.4)

 

Smoking

0.059

 Smoking

804 (24.4)

726 (23.9)

78 (29.1)

 

 Non-smoker

2497 (75.6)

2307 (76.1)

190 (70.9)

 

Drinking

0.376

 Drink more than once a month

1553 (47.0)

1437 (47.4)

116 (43.3)

 

 Drink but less than once a month

373 (11.3)

338 (11.1)

35 (13.1)

 

 None of these

1375 (41.7)

1258 (41.5)

117 (43.7)

 

Sleep time

7.0 (5.0, 8.0)

7.0 (5.0, 8.0)

7.0 (5.0, 8.0)

0.516

SBP

127.0 (115.2, 141.0)

127.0 (115.0, 140.7)

128.8 (115.8, 144.0)

0.461

DBP

75.3 (67.3, 83.7)

75.3 (67.3, 83.3)

74.3 (67.0, 84.7)

0.819

BMI (kg/m2)

22.5 (20.4, 25.0)

22.5 (20.4, 24.9)

23.3 (21.2, 26.1)

< 0.001

WC (cm)

83.7 (77.1, 91.0)

83.2 (77.0, 91.0)

86.4 (79.3, 93.8)

< 0.001

Glucose (mg/dl)

102.4 (94.1, 113.6)

102.4 (94.1, 113.6)

102.1 (95.0, 113.0)

0.920

HDL-C (mg/dl)

48.3 (39.4, 59.9)

48.7 (39.4, 59.9)

47.6 (37.5, 59.2)

0.100

TyG-BMI

192.3 (170.6, 220.4)

191.6 (170.2, 219.3)

200.8 (175.6, 230.8)

0.001

Quartiles of TyG_BMI

0.039

 Q1

825 (25.0)

770 (25.4)

55 (20.5)

 

 Q2

825 (25.0)

765 (25.2)

60 (22.4)

 

 Q3

825 (25.0)

757 (25)

68 (25.4)

 

 Q4

826 (25.0)

741 (24.4)

85 (31.7)

 
  1. BPH benign prostatic hyperplasia, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TyG-BMI Triglyceride glucose body mass index.