Characteristics of study participants (N=559) from the ARIC nested case–control study of PPL and atherosclerosis during 1990–1993 by tertiles of the AUC-transformed weighted SD measure of postprandial triglycerides (TG)
| TG tertile | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Age mean (SD), years | 57.9 (5.6) | 58.6 (5.3) | 58.1 (5.4) |
| Sex | |||
| Female, n (%) | 103 (56) | 69 (37) | 54 (29) |
| Male, n (%) | 82 (44) | 116 (63) | 131 (71) |
| Race | |||
| African-American, n (%) | 47 (25) | 48 (26) | 50 (27) |
| White, n (%) | 138 (75) | 137 (74) | 135 (73) |
| Study centre | |||
| Forsyth, NC, n (%) | 34 (18) | 47 (25) | 59 (32) |
| Jackson, MS, n (%) | 46 (25) | 46 (25) | 48 (26) |
| Minneapolis, MN, n (%) | 63 (34) | 43 (23) | 44 (24) |
| Washington County, MD, n (%) | 42 (23) | 49 (27) | 34 (18) |
| BMI | |||
| ≥30 kg/m2, n (%) | 29 (16) | 42 (23) | 42 (23) |
| <30 kg/m2, n (%) | 156 (84) | 143 (77) | 143 (77) |
| Carotid IMT level | |||
| High, n (%) | 52 (28) | 70 (38) | 80 (43) |
| Low, n (%) | 133 (72) | 115 (62) | 105 (57) |
| HDL-C mean (SD), mg/dL | 14.2 (8.5) | 10.3 (6.4) | 8.2 (4.8) |
| LDL-C mean (SD), mg/dL | 124 (32) | 131 (36) | 139 (31) |
| Fasting blood glucose mean (SD), mg/dL | 108 (36) | 111 (38) | 108 (30) |
| Current cigarette smoking | |||
| Smoker, n (%) | 40 (22) | 48 (26) | 50 (27) |
| Non-smoker, n (%) | 145 (78) | 136 (74) | 135 (73) |
| Former cigarette smoking | |||
| Smoker, n (%) | 67 (36) | 71 (39) | 81 (44) |
| Non-smoker, n (%) | 118 (64) | 113 (61) | 104 (56) |
| Prevalent hypertension | |||
| Present, n (%) | 52 (28) | 48 (26) | 49 (27) |
| Absent, n (%) | 133 (72) | 136 (74) | 135 (73) |
HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.