Research Article
LDL-C/HDL-C Ratio Predicts Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression Better Than HDL-C or LDL-C Alone
Table 1
Characteristics of subjects at baseline in 1999.
| | Men | Women | Total |
| N | 794 | 1126 | 1920 | Age, years | | | | Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | | | | Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | .1* | | | Body mass index, kg/m2 | | | | Waist, cm | | | .3 | IMT, mm |
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| | | Absolute difference of IMT, mm | | | | Total cholesterol, mg/dL | | .8 | | HDL-C, mg/dL | | | | LDL-C, mg/dL | | | | Triglycerides†, mg/dL | .7** | | | Non-HDL-C, mg/dL | .2** | | | LDL-C/HDL-C ratio | .9** | | | Total cholesterol/HDL-C ratio | 4** | | | Triglycerides/HDL-C ratio† | 5** | | | Triglycerides/LDL-C ratio† | 2** | | | Free fatty acid†, mEq/L | | | | RLP-C†, mg/dL | | | | HbA1c, % | | | | Smoking, % | 38.8 | 2.0 | 17.2 | Alcohol intake, % | 48.9 | 3.2 | 22.1 | Hypertensive medication, % | 20.5 | 19.0 | 19.6 | Diabetic medication, % | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | Lipids lowering medication, % | 2.4 | 6.4 | 4.7 |
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, , †Log-transformed values were used in analyses. IMT: intima-media thickness; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; RLP-C: remnant-like particle cholesterol.
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