Table 1 Population characteristics and hazard ratio of all-cause death (HR) per standard deviation of metabolic/physical markers and their 95% confidence interval based on a Cox regression model.

Age (years)

60.3 ± 7.5

59.3 ± 7.1

65.6 ± 7.0

2.25*** (1.67-3.03)

2.41*** (1.75-3.31)

Waist (cm)

80.7 ± 10.9

80.2 ± 9.9

83.1 ± 12.4

1.29* (1.01-1.65)

-

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.80 ± 0.08

0.80 ± 0.08

0.83 ± 0.10

1.37** (1.12-1.67)

-

BMI (kg/m2)

24.7 ± 3.9

24.7 ± 3.8

25.1 ± 4.6

-

-

Smoking (%)

37

33

58

1.37** (1.08-1.73)

1.50** (1.17-1.94)

Systolic BP (mm Hg)

127 ± 21

125 ± 20

136 ± 26

1.53*** (1.20-1.94)

-

Diastolic BP (mm Hg)

77 ± 10

76 ± 10

77 ± 11

-

-

Hypertension (%)

16

15

17

-

-

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.44 ± 1.27

5.37 ± 0.99

5.79 ± 2.17

1.23* (1.03-1.46)

-

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

6.44 ± 1.19

6.36 ± 1.14

6.85 ± 1.33

1.44** (1.12-1.86)

-

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.24 ± 0.75

1.15 ± 0.56

1.69 ± 1.25

1.51*** (1.29-1.76)

1.46*** (1.22-1.75)

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.89 ± 0.82

2.85 ± 0.80

3.07 ± 0.93

-

-

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.77 ± 0.48

1.77 ± 0.44

1.74 ± 0.62

-

-

ApoB/ApoA

0.57 ± 0.18

0.56 ± 0.17

0.64 ± 0.23

1.45** (1.14-1.83)

-

Lp(a) (mg/dL)

21.4 ± 21.7

21.9 ± 22.0

18.4 ± 19.8

-

-

EU SCORE

2.60 ± 2.58

2.16 ± 2.12

4.73 ± 3.45

1.79*** (1.51-2.13)

Not Incl.

Framingham Score

14.75 ± 3.54

14.21 ± 3.46

17.31 ± 2.74

2.63*** (1.87-3.71)

Not Incl.