Advances in Preventive Medicine

Research Article

Association between ApoA1 Gene, Plasma Lipid Profile, hsCRP Level, and Risk of Arterial Stiffness in Thai Elderly

Table 1

General characteristic and biochemical parameters of the study population classified by gender (mean ± SD).


Parameters	Total (N = 355)	Gender		References
Parameters	Total (N = 355)	Male (N = 253)	Female (N = 102)	References

Age (years)	67.65 ± 4.11	67.73 ± 4.16	67.46 ± 4.02	—
Smoker, n (%)	149 (41.97)	144 (56.9)	5 (4.9)^a	—
Drinker, n (%)	163 (41.97)	13 8 (54.5)	25 (24.5)^a	—
BMI (kg/m²)	23.98 ± 3.14	23.92 ± 2.98	25.03 ± 4.59^a	18.5–22.9
WC (cm)	87.16 ± 8.68	87.78 ± 8.51	85.63 ± 8.94^a	≥90 (M); ≥80 (F)
ABSI	0.080 ± 0.003	0.080 ± 0.003	0.084 ± 0.004^a	≤0.080
SBP (mmHg)	132.35 ± 19.43	133.77 ± 18.63	128.77 ± 20.99^a	≤130
DBP (mmHg)	78.51 ± 11.23	79.50 ± 11.21	76.04 ± 11.11^a	≤85
CAVI	8.47 ± 1.45	9.24 ± 1.65	8.92 ± 1.24^a	<9
FBG (mg/dL)	91.40 ± 11.92	93.00 ± 12.75	87.42 ± 8.36^a	<110
HbA1c (%)	5.77 ± 0.44	5.77 ± 0.48	5.74 ± 0.33^a	≤6.5
TG (mg/dL)	115.11 ± 47.48	118.47 ± 48.89	106.95 ± 42.99^a	<150
TC (mg/dL)	299.65 ± 40.95	224.99 ± 40.37	241.22 ± 40.26^a	<200
HDL-C (mg/dL)	59.54 ± 16.27	56.69 ± 14.84	66.62 ± 17.51^a	>40 (M), >50 (F)
LDL-C (mg/dL)	154.77 ± 33.73	153.65 ± 33.80	157.57 ± 33.54	<130
ALT (U/L)	20.19 ± 12.16	20.39 ± 10.42	19.96 ± 15.69	0–55
AST (U/L)	22.27 ± 7.67	22.17 ± 7.84	22.52 ± 7.25	5–34
GGT (U/L)	37.77 ± 42.13	39.26 ± 37.58	34.08 ± 51.77	5–61
BUN (mg/dL)	13.71 ± 3.21	13.84 ± 3.17	13.39 ± 3.32	9–20
Cr (mg/dL)	0.90 ± 0.16	0.98 ± 0.12	0.72 ± 0.10^a	0.73–1.18
hs-CRP (mg/L)	1.76 ± 0.68	1.95 ± 0.69	1.55 ± 0.65	<3

^aSignificant difference from the male sex group, . Geometric mean BMI, ABSI; a body shape index, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; CAVI, cardio-ankle vascular index; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate transferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; and SD, standard deviation.