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Table 1 Characteristics of Participants Stratified by Years of Hyperlipidemia

From: Prolonged hyperlipidemia exposure increases the risk of arterial stiffness in young adults: a cross-sectional study in a cohort of Chinese

variable

Normal (N = 4202)

Low exposure (N = 4485)

High exposure (N = 3744)

Total (N = 12,431)

P different

Age, year

45.36 ± 5.46

46.52 ± 5.35

47.48 ± 4.97

46.42 ± 5.34

< 0.01

Men, n (%)

2742 (65.3)

3265 (72.8)

2993 (79.9)

9000 (72.4)

< 0.01

Waist circumference, cm

84.96 ± 9.67

86.54 ± 9.62

87.70 ± 9.38

86.36 ± 9.63

< 0.01

Body mass index, kg/m2

24.57 ± 3.39

25.19 ± 3.34

25.56 ± 3.29

25.09 ± 3.37

< 0.01

Total cholesterol, mg/dl

4.37 ± 0.54

5.23 ± 1.36

6.08 ± 1.04

5.19 ± 1.25

< 0.01

HDL, mg/dl

1.31 ± 0.59

1.37 ± 0.62

1.41 ± 0.53

1.36 ± 0.59

< 0.01

LDL-C, mg/dl

2.30 ± 0.54

2.89 ± 1.59

3.29 ± 0.88

2.81 ± 1.18

< 0.01

SBP, mm Hg

127.2 ± 16.39

130.6 ± 16.38

133.9 ± 16.84

130.5 ± 16.73

< 0.01

BaPWV, cm/s

1430 ± 257

1492 ± 280

1550 ± 293

1489 ± 281

< 0.01

Anti-hypertesion, n (%)

339 (8.1)

460 (10.3)

605 (16.2)

1404 (11.3)

< 0.01

Physical exercise, n (%)

257 (6.4)

288 (6.8)

296 (8.2)

841 (7.1)

< 0.01

Hypertension, n (%)

1035 (24.6)

1456 (32.5)

1497 (40.0)

3988 (32.1)

< 0.01

Diabetes, n (%)

460 (10.9)

752 (16.8)

822 (22.0)

2034 (16.4)

< 0.01

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

2743 (65.3)

2668 (59.5)

1871 (50.0)

7282 (58.6)

< 0.01

Smoking, n (%)

1462 (34.8)

1852 (41.3)

1712 (45.7)

5026 (40.4)

< 0.01

Arterial stiffness, n (%)

1986 (47.3)

2567 (57.2)

2475 (66.1)

7028 (56.5)

< 0.01

  1. HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure, BaPWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity