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Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the study

From: Association between triglyceride-glucose index and carotid atherosclerosis detected by ultrasonography

 

Overall (59,123)

Male (26,197)

Female (32,926)

p-value

Age (years)

60.03 (10.75)

60.11 (10.92)

59.96 (10.61)

0.102

Education

   

< 0.001

 Primary school and below

15,747 (26.63)

6077 (23.20)

9670 (29.37)

 

 Junior middle school

23,238 (39.30)

10,267 (39.19)

12,971 (39.39)

 

 Senior high school

13,624 (23.04)

6250 (23.86)

7374 (22.40)

 

 College and above

6514 (11.02)

3603 (13.75)

2911 (8.84)

 

Smoking

   

< 0.001

 No

51,533 (87.16)

19,048 (72.71)

32,485 (98.66)

 

 Yes

7590 (12.84)

7149 (27.29)

441 (1.34)

 

Drinking

   

< 0.001

 No

50,261 (85.01)

18,854 (73.36)

30,097 (93.72)

 

 Yes

8862 (14.99)

6845 (26.64)

2017 (6.28)

 

Physical activity

   

< 0.001

 No

20,778 (35.14)

9625 (36.74)

11,153 (33.87)

 

 Yes

38,345 (64.86)

16,572 (63.26)

21,773 (66.13)

 

History of diseases

    

 Cerebrovascular disease

   

0.105

  No

57,445 (97.16)

25,421 (97.04)

32,024 (97.26)

 

  Yes

1678 (2.84)

776 (2.96)

902 (2.74)

 

 Heart disease

   

0.388

  No

57,126 (96.62)

25,331 (96.69)

31,795 (96.57)

 

  Yes

1997 (3.38)

866 (3.31)

1131 (3.43)

 

 Dyslipidemia

   

0.147

  No

50,652 (85.67)

22,505 (85.91)

28,147 (85.49)

 

  Yes

8471 (14.33)

3692 (14.09)

4779 (14.51)

 

 Diabetes mellitus

   

0.565

  No

50,701 (85.76)

22,441 (85.66)

28,260 (85.83)

 

  Yes

8422 (14.42)

3756 (14.34)

4666 (14.17)

 

 BMI

23.98 (3.28)

24.18 (3.11)

23.82 (3.40)

< 0.001

 SBP

130.15 (16.73)

130.75 (17.46)

129.75 (17.46)

< 0.001

 DBP

79.58 (10.24)

80.82 (10.19)

78.60 (10.17)

< 0.001

 FPG

5.56 (1.75)

5.57 (1.78)

5.56 (1.72)

0.468

 TG

1.66 (0.98)

1.67 (1.02)

1.64 (0.94)

< 0.001

 TC

4.72 (1.33)

4.56 (1.32)

4.85 (1.33)

< 0.001

 LDL-C

2.64 (0.91)

2.54 (0.89)

2.71 (0.91)

< 0.001

 HDL-C

1.44 (0.90)

1.38 (0.54)

1.48 (1.10)

< 0.001

 CA

   

< 0.001

  No

53,290 (90.13)

23,115 (88.24)

30,175 (91.64)

 

  Yes

5833 (9.87)

3082 (11.76)

2751 (8.36)

 

 CMT

   

< 0.001

  No

55,725 (94.25)

24,289 (92.72)

31,436 (95.47)

 

  Yes

3398 (5.75)

1908 (7.28)

1490 (4.53)

 

 Plaques

   

< 0.001

 0

54,813 (92.71)

23,918 (91.30)

30,895 (93.83)

 

 1

1948 (3.29)

958 (3.66)

990 (3.01)

 

  ≥ 2

2362 (4.00)

1321 (5.04)

1041 (3.16)

 

 Stenosis (≥ 50%)

   

< 0.001

  No

58,543 (99.02)

25,862 (98.72)

32,681 (99.26)

 

  Yes

580 (0.98)

335 (1.28)

245 (0.74)

 
  1. BMI body mass index; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure; FPG fasting plasma glucose; TG triglyceride; TC total cholesterol; LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CA carotid atherosclerosis; CMT carotid intima–media thickness