Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics of 1757 male and 2007 female in a cross-sectional study.

From: Sex specific associations of urinary metals with TyG index in the Chinese elderly ​

Group

Total (n = 3764)

Male (n = 1757)

Female (n = 2007)

χ2/t/Z value

P value

Age group/year

   

6.164

0.046

 60 ~ < 70

1960(52.07)

900(51.22)

1060(52.82)

  

 70 ~ < 80

1547(41.10)

718(40.87)

829(41.31)

  

 ≥ 80

257(6.83)

139(7.91)

118(5.88)

  

BMI

   

7.339

0.062

 < 18.5

77(2.05)

32(1.82)

45(2.24)

  

 18.5 ~ < 24.0

1346(35.76)

602(34.26)

744(37.07)

  

 24.0 ~ < 28.0

1641(43.60)

806(45.87)

835(41.60)

  

 ≥ 28.0

700(18.60)

317(18.04)

383(19.08)

  

Hypertension

   

10.050

0.002

 Control group

2910(77.31)

1399(79.62)

1511(75.29)

  

 Case group

854(22.69)

358(20.38)

496(24.71)

  

 DBP

77.459 ± 9.534

77.765 ± 9.509

77.191 ± 9.551

1.842

< 0.001

 SBP

130.309 ± 22.735

128.865 ± 16.412

131.573 ± 27.026

− 3.652

< 0.001

Exercise frequency

   

23.983

< 0.001

 Everyday

2829(75.16)

1385(78.83)

1444(71.95)

  

 More than once a week

204(5.42)

83(4.72)

121(6.03)

  

 Sometimes

193(5.13)

74(4.21)

119(5.93)

  

 Does not exercise

538(14.29)

215(12.24)

323(16.09)

  

Smoking status

   

847.522

< 0.001

 Never

3060(81.30)

1081(61.53)

1979(98.60)

  

 Quit smoking

306(8.13)

298(16.96)

8(0.40)

  

 Smoking

398(10.57)

378(21.51)

20(1.00)

  

Alcohol consumption

   

625.375

< 0.001

 Never

3138(83.37)

1180(67.16)

1958(97.56)

  

 Sometimes

533(14.16)

487(27.72)

46(2.29)

  

 Frequency

50(1.33)

49(2.79)

1(0.05)

  

 Everyday

43(1.14)

41(2.33)

2(0.10)

  

Dietary habit

   

6.615

0.037

 Meat and vegetable balance

3509(93.23)

1652(94.02)

1857(92.53)

  

 Vegetarianism

243(6.46)

97(5.52)

146(7.27)

  

 Meat-based

12(0.32)

8(0.46)

4(0.20)

  

Dyslipidemia

   

2.522

0.112

 Control group

1903(50.56)

864(49.17)

1039(51.77)

  

 Case group

1861(49.44)

893(50.83)

968(48.23)

  

Diabetes

   

0.529

0.467

 Control group

3120(82.89)

1448(82.41)

1672(83.31)

  

 Case group

644(17.11)

309(17.59)

335(16.69)

  

Fasting glucose, mmol/L

6.101 ± 2.097

6.094 ± 1.881

6.106 ± 2.270

− 0.177

0.859

LDL-C, mmol/L

2.953 ± 5.151

2.791 ± 1.124

3.094 ± 6.973

− 1.805

0.071

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.338 ± 1.769

1.321 ± 2.562

1.353 ± 0.350

− 0.544

0.587

Triglycerides, mmol/L

2.248 ± 2.246

2.217 ± 2.796

2.275 ± 1.616

− 0.788

0.431

Baseline TyG index

7.451 ± 0.723

7.408 ± 0.754

7.488 ± 0.693

− 3.393

< 0.001

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

78.476 ± 21.795

72.275 ± 22.877

83.906 ± 19.229

0.005

< 0.001