Table 3 Mean levels of cardiovascular risk variables among the subpopulations discordant for quartiles of LAP and BMI. Estimates derived for US adults from NHANES III, 1988–1994.
| Â | Â | Mean (SE) adjusted for sex and race-ethnicity | Â | Mean (SE) adjusted for sex, race-ethnicity, and age | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variable, units | Discordant survey sample (N) | LAP quartile > BMI quartile | BMI quartile > LAP quartile | P value | LAP quartile > BMI quartile | BMI quartile > LAP quartile | P value |
Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 4598 | 5.62 (0.04) | 4.89 (0.04) | <0.0001 | 5.50 (0.04) | 5.00 (0.04) | <0.0001 |
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 4578 | 1.24 (0.01) | 1.37 (0.01) | <0.0001 | 1.22 (0.01) | 1.39 (0.01) | <0.0001 |
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 3333 | 3.50 (0.04) | 3.11 (0.05) | <0.0001 | 3.40 (0.04) | 3.20 (0.05) | 0.0003 |
Total cholesterol / HDL cholest. | 4577 | 4.93 (0.06) | 3.78 (0.05) | <0.0001 | 4.88 (0.06) | 3.82 (0.05) | <0.0001 |
Apolipoprotein B, g/L | 2245* | 1.13 (0.01) | 0.94 (0.01) | <0.0001 | 1.10 (0.01) | 0.97 (0.01) | <0.0001 |
ApoB/ApoA1 | 2230* | 0.809 (0.012) | 0.681 (0.010) | <0.0001 | 0.799 (0.013) | 0.690 (0.010) | <0.0001 |
LDL cholesterol /ApoB, mmol/g | 1614* | 3.06 (0.04) | 3.26 (0.03) | 0.0007 | 3.03 (0.04) | 3.29 (0.03) | <0.0001 |
Uric acid, mmol/L | 4533 | 327 (2) | 311 (3) | <0.0001 | 325 (2) | 313 (3) | 0.0004 |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 4595 | 124.9 (0.7) | 118.3 (0.4) | <0.0001 | 121.3 (0.6) | 121.6 (0.4) | 0.62 |
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 4595 | 74.5 (0.3) | 73.0 (0.3) | 0.0018 | 74.1 (0.3) | 73.4 (0.3) | 0.14 |
Heart rate, bpm | 4494 | 75.0 (0.5) | 72.4 (0.6) | 0.0005 | 75.1 (0.5) | 72.3 (0.6) | 0.0001 |