Research Article

The Association between Resting Heart Rate and Urinary Albumin/Creatinine Ratio in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Participants’ characteristics according to resting heart rate quartiles.

VariableRHR quartile (beat/min) value
Q1 (≤71)Q2 (72-78)Q3 (79-86)Q4 (≥87)

Gender8185865883867658
 Male2890 (35.3)2501 (28.9)2387 (28.5)2280 (29.7)
 Female5295 (64.7)6157 (71.1)5999 (71.5)5376 (70.3)
Age (year)
BMI (kg/m2)0.337
WC (cm)0.075
HC (cm)0.001
WC/HC0.656
Smoking<0.001
 Current1180 (14.4)1002 (11.6)967 (11.5)873 (11.4)
 Former464 (5.7)361 (4.2)352 (4.2)327 (4.3)
 Never6541 (79.9)7295 (84.3)7067 (84.3)6456 (84.3)
Alcohol drinking<0.001
 Current660 (8.1)558 (6.4)577 (6.9)512 (6.7)
 Former183 (2.2)147 (1.7)150 (1.8)127 (1.7)
 Never7342 (89.7)7953 (91.9)7659 (91.3)7017 (91.5)
SBP (mmHg)<0.001
DBP (mmHg)<0.001
FPG (mmol/L)<0.001
PPG (mmol/L)<0.001
HbA1c (%)<0.001
Insulin (μU/mL)<0.001
TC (mmol/L)<0.001
TG (mmol/L)<0.001
HDL-c (mmol/L)0.079
LDL-c (mmol/L)<0.001
ALT (mmol/L)<0.001
AST (mmol/L)<0.001
GGT (mmol/L)<0.001
Cr (μmol/L)<0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)<0.001
UACR<0.001
 ≤25%2273 (27.8)2263 (26.1)2045 (24.4)1647 (21.5)
 25%-50%2067 (25.3)2176 (25.1)2057 (24.5)1916 (25.0)
 50%-75%2008 (24.5)2129 (24.6)2134 (25.4)1947 (25.4)
 >75%1837 (22.4)2090 (24.1)2120 (25.6)2146 (28.0)

The values are presented as the or the numbers (percentage).