Table 1 General characteristic of study participants.

From: Association between lipid profiles and presence of carotid plaque

 

Men

Women

P

mean (SD)/ count (percentage)

N

mean (SD)/ count (percentage)

N

Age, y

50.53(10.77)

2212

51.23(10.83)

1002

0.263

Height, cm

172.46(5.69)

1898

160.73(5.96)

821

0.372

Weight, kg

77.89(10.07)

1899

62.06(8.75)

823

<0.001

BMI, kg/m2

26.16(2.93)

1898

24.03(3.22)

821

0.001

SBP, mmHg

132.58(17.63)

1910

127.49(19.82)

823

<0.001

DBP, mmHg

82.26(12.86)

1909

74.61(12.83)

823

0.893

FPG, mmol/L

5.38(1.28)

2134

5.16(1.14)

951

<0.001

Uric acid, mmol/L

348.67(91.93)

2185

254.73(74.29)

985

<0.001

TG, mmol/L

1.97(1.75)

2212

1.42(0.96)

1002

<0.001

TC, mmol/L

4.67(1.08)

2192

4.71(1.06)

998

0.918

HDLc, mmol/L

1.30(0.47)

2209

1.50(0.47)

993

0.031

LDLc, mmol/L

2.95(0.87)

2164

2.99(0.81)

966

0.136

Non-HDLc, mmol/L

3.38(1.23)

2189

3.22(1.21)

989

0.594

TC/HDLc

3.91(1.28)

2189

3.38(1.04)

989

<0.001

LDLc/HDLc

2.47(0.87)

2161

2.17(0.74)

964

<0.001

TG/HDLc

1.78(2.02)

2209

1.09(1.01)

993

<0.001

CCA IMT, mm

0.83(0.08)

2212

0.82(0.06)

1002

<0.001

ICA IMT, mm

0.6(0.02)

2212

0.6(0.03)

1002

0.995

ECA IMT, mm

0.5(0.02)

2212

0.5(0.02)

1002

0.298

VA IMT, mm

0.2(0.05)

2212

0.2(0.02)

1002

0.918

Smoking

59(4.8%)

1231

0(0)

512

<0.001

Drinking

65(5.3%)

1231

1(0.2)

512

<0.001

Carotid plaque

10950(49.5%)

2212

326(32.5%)

1002

<0.001

CCA plaque

1028(46.5%)

2212

298(29.7%)

1002

<0.001

ICA plaque

317(14.3%)

2212

65(6.5%)

1002

<0.001

ECA plaque

81(3.7%)

2212

14(1.4%)

1002

<0.001

VA plaque

3(0.1%)

2212

2(0.2%)

1002

0.650

Carotid plaque composition*

<0.001

   None

1117(50.5%)

2212

676(67.5)

1002

 

   Echolucent

435(19.7%)

2212

131(13.1)

1002

 

   Echogenic

15(0.7%)

2212

10(1)

1002

 

   Heterogeneous

297(13.4%)

2212

110(11.1)

1002

 

   Polytype

348(15.7%)

2212

75(7.5)

1002

 

CCA plaque composition*

<0.001

   None

1184(53.5%)

2212

704(70.3)

1002

 

   Echolucent

446(20.2%)

2212

127(12.7)

1002

 

   Echogenic

15(0.7%)

2212

8(0.8)

1002

 

   Heterogeneous

292(13.2%)

2212

101(10.1)

1002

 

   Polytype

275(12.4%)

2212

62(6.2)

1002

 

No. of carotid plaque

<0.001

   0

1117(50.5%)

2211

676(67.5)

1001

 

   1

436(19.7%)

2211

164(16.4)

1001

 

   2

275(12.4%)

2211

88(8.8)

1001

 

   ≥3

383(17.3%)

2211

73(7.3)

1001

 

No. of CCA plaque

<0.001

   0

1184(53.5%)

2212

704(70.3)

1001

 

   1

464(21%)

2212

157(15.7)

1001

 

   2

305(13.8%)

2212

82(8.2)

1001

 

   ≥3

259(11.7%)

2212

58(5.8)

1001

 
  1. BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDLc: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLc: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CCA: common carotid artery, ICA: internal carotid artery; ECA: external carotid artery; VA:Vertebral artery.
  2. *plaque composition: if all the plaques had the same composition, subject was classified into with this plaque composition, if had different composition, subject was classified into with polytype plaques.
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