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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants with and without AAC

From: Association of Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity with Abdominal Aortic Calcification: A Large Cross-Sectional Study

Variables

Total population

Non-AAC (n = 2193)

AAC (n = 947)

P value

Age (years)

58.0 (48.0, 68.0)

55.0 (46.0, 64.0)

66.0 (56.0, 75.0)

< 0.001

Male

1518 (48.3%)

1045 (47.7%)

473 (49.9%)

0.237

Race

   

< 0.001

 Non-Hispanic white

1375 (43.8%)

869 (39.6%)

506 (53.4%)

 

 Non-Hispanic black

620 (19.7%)

465 (21.2%)

155 (16.4%)

 

 Mexican–American

412 (13.1%)

316 (14.4%)

96 (10.1%)

 

 Other Hispanic

298 (9.5%)

225 (10.3%)

73(7.7%)

 

 Other races

435 (13.9%)

318 (14.5%)

117 (12.4%)

 

Smoking history

1452(46.2%)

940 (42.9%)

512 (54.1%)

< 0.001

Diabetes

648 (20.6%)

403 (18.4%)

245 (25.9%)

< 0.001

Hypertension

1486 (47.3%)

910 (41.5%)

576 (60.8%)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

28.4 ± 5.6

28.8 ± 5.8

27.7 ± 4.8

< 0.001

SBP (mm Hg)

127.2 ± 18.3

125.4 ± 17.5

131.6 ± 19.2

< 0.001

DBP (mm Hg)

71.3 ± 10.8

72.3 ± 10.6

68.9 ± 10.8

< 0.001

PP (mm Hg)

56.0 ± 17.5

53.1 ± 15.9

62.6 ± 19.2

< 0.001

MBP (mm Hg)

93.7 ± 11.4

93.5 ± 11.4

94.0 ± 11.4

0.324

EPWV (m/s)

9.3 ± 2.0

8.7 ± 1.8

10.3 ± 2.1

< 0.001

TGs (mg/dL)

132.0 (86.0, 192.8)

125.0 (82.0, 185.0)

134.0 (93.5, 195.5)

0.003

TC (mg/dL)

196.0 ± 42.7

197.5 ± 42.0

192.6 ± 44.2

0.003

LDL‑C (mg/dL)

114.8 ± 36.0

115.7 ± 35.2

112.9 ± 37.7

0.173

HDL‑C (mg/dL)

54.1 ± 16.5

54.5 ± 16.8

53.0 ± 15.6

0.016

BUN (mg/dL)

14.3 ± 6.2

13.7 ± 5.4

15.7 ± 7.5

< 0.001

CR (mg/dL)

0.9 (0.7, 1.0)

0.9 (0.7, 1.0)

0.9 (0.8, 1.1)

< 0.001

UA (mg/dL)

5.5 ± 1.4

5.4 ± 1.3

5.6 ± 1.4

< 0.001

FPG (mg/dL)

98.0 (90.0, 110.0)

97.0 (89.0, 110.0)

101.0 (92.0, 118.0)

< 0.001

HbA1c (%)

5.7 (5.4, 6.0)

5.6 (5.3, 5.9)

5.8 (5.4, 6.2)

< 0.001

ALP (IU/L)

65.0 (53.0, 77.0)

65.0 (53.0, 77.0)

66.0 (54.0, 77.0)

0.301

Tca (mg/dL)

9.5 ± 0.4

9.4 ± 0.4

9.5 ± 0.4

0.008

Adj-Ca (mg/dL)

9.3 ± 0.3

9.2 ± 0.3

9.3 ± 0.3

< 0.001

  1. AAC abdominal aortic calcification, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, PP pulse pressure, MBP mean blood pressure, ePWV estimated pulse wave velocity, TGs triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, BUN blood urea nitrogen, CR creatinine, UA uric acid, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, ALP alkaline phosphatase, Tca total calcium, Adj-Ca adjusted calcium