Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects

All, n

136

250

142

75

Age

46.0 ± 10.9

52.3 ± 16.8

< 0.001

46.3 ± 9.3

49.1 ± 11.5

0.073

FPG

95.2 ± 25.2

97.1 ± 18.9

0.426

99.9 ± 43.7

94.9 ± 11.8

0.204

BMI

22.4 ± 1.9

20.7 ± 2.6

< 0.001

28.6 ± 3.5

27.9 ± 2.1

0.063

TG^α

126.4 ± 63.7

118.5 ± 53.8

0.344

160.1 ± 74.6

156.6 ± 69.8

0.882

HDL-C^α

53.2 ± 11.4

54.2 ± 13.9

0.698

48.1 ± 10.6

51.0 ± 9.8

0.054

LDL-C

119.6 ± 34.3

120.6 ± 29.6

0.781

119.4 ± 31.7

126.8 ± 34.9

0.127

TC

198.1 ± 38.2

196.3 ± 34.8

0.638

199.5 ± 36.1

211.0 ± 35.3

0.025

Male, n

72

128

100

40

Age

46.7 ± 11.8

51.1 ± 17.0

0.033

46.1 ± 9.6

49.5 ± 10.7

0.088

FPG

100.4 ± 30.4

98.2 ± 22.9

0.583

94.8 ± 24.9

96.1 ± 14.4

0.701

BMI

22.4 ± 1.7

20.8 ± 2.3

< 0.001

28.9 ± 3.7

28.2 ± 2.2

0.212

TG^α

140.2 ± 60.0

127.6 ± 54.3

0.125

176.5 ± 75.2

169.1 ± 62.4

0.735

HDL-C^α

50.1 ± 10.3

49.8 ± 11.2

0.850

44.7 ± 9.1

47.1 ± 7.7

0.113

LDL-C

123.2 ± 34.7

118.3 ± 29.3

0.487

122.2 ± 31.6

131.9 ± 33.8

0.126

TC

201.4 ± 37.9

191.5 ± 34.7

0.068

202.2 ± 36.6

216.6 ± 36.0

0.039

Female, n

64

122

42

35

Age

45.4 ± 9.8

53.6 ± 16.5

< 0.001

46.7 ± 8.5

48.6 ± 12.6

0.452

FPG

89.3 ± 16.1

96.1 ± 13.6

0.005

112.2 ± 69.5

93.6 ± 7.9

0.094

BMI

22.4 ± 2.2

20.6 ± 2.9

< 0.001

28.1 ± 3.0

27.6 ± 1.9

0.364

TG^α

110.8 ± 64.6

108.9 ± 51.7

0.500

121.2 ± 57.6

142.2 ± 75.7

0.265

HDL-C^α

56.7 ± 11.7

58.7 ± 15.1

0.472

56.3 ± 9.2

55.5 ± 10.2

0.612

LDL-C

115.6 ± 33.7

123.0 ± 29.8

0.139

112.7 ± 30.6

121.0 ± 35.7

0.279

TC

194.4 ± 38.5

201.3 ± 34.3

0.231

193.1 ± 34.4

204.9 ± 33.9

0.137