Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants

Age (year)

58.00 ± 13.74

56.97 ± 13.56

66.80 ± 12.11

Male^b

4240 (75.0)

517 (87.9)

3723 (73.5)

Current Smoking^b

232 (30.4)

14 (20.6)

218 (31.3)

Current Drinking^b

268 (35.1)

18 (36.0)

250 (35.0)

Body mass index (kg/m²)

25.27 ± 4.76

25.20 ± 4.74

25.82 ± 4.90

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

123.82 ± 16.31

123.15 ± 16.28

129.46 ± 15.45

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

78.10 ± 9.39

78.25 ± 9.45

76.84 ± 8.78

Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)

93.34 ± 10.61

93.22 ± 10.74

94.38 ± 9.38

High density lipoprotein cholesterol^a(mmol/L)

1.29 ± 0.42

1.18 ± 0.38

1.30 ± 0.42

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.12 ± 0.83

3.13 ± 0.82

3.02 ± 0.84

Triglyceride^a(mmol/L)

1.40 ± 1.03

1.38 ± 1.11

1.40 ± 1.03

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.93 ± 0.94

4.74 ± 0.99

4.95 ± 0.93

Hypertension^b

2515 (44.5)

375 (63.8)

2140 (42.3)

Coronary heart disease^b

467 (8.3)

127 (21.5)

340 (6.7)

Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (cm/s)

1407.25 ± 374.75

1683.22 ± 317.96

1451.40 ± 291.94

 Red blood cell count (RBC)

4.65 ± 0.45

4.62 ± 0.46

4.66 ± 0.44

 Red cell distribution width (%)

11.92 ± 1.28

11.99 ± 1.42

11.91 ± 1.26

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

143.48 ± 14.72

143.62 ± 14.76

142.33 ± 14.29

 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg)

30.96 ± 1.96

30.95 ± 1.96

31.0 ± 1.88

 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/L)

338.33 ± 13.67

338.46 ± 13.65

337.28 ± 13.74

 Mean Corpuscular Volume (fL)

91.40 ± 5.26

91.90 ± 4.91

91.33 ± 5.28

 Mean platelet volume (fL)

8.46 ± 1.08

8.46 ± 1.06

8.45 ± 1.17

 Platelet volume distribution width (fL)^a

8.70 ± 4.20

9.89 ± 4.10

8.70 ± 4.20

 Platelet crit (%)

0.17 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.04

0.17 ± 0.04

 Platelet counts (10⁹/L)

192.91 ± 48.47

177.79 ± 44.93

194.70 ± 48.57

 White blood cell count (WBC)

5.86 ± 1.47

5.92 ± 1.46

5.85 ± 1.47

 Monocyte percentage (%)

3.66 ± 2.65

4.05 ± 4.55

3.61 ± 2.35

 Monocyte count (10⁹/L)

0.29 ± 0.16

0.31 ± 0.27

0.29 ± 0.15

 Neutrophil percentage (%)

58.75 ± 7.51

60.04 ± 7.30

58.60 ± 7.51

 Neutrophil count (10⁹/L)

3.45 ± 1.11

3.54 ± 1.12

3.44 ± 1.11

 Percentage of lympholeukocyte (%)

35.70 ± 7.27

35.79 ± 7.30

34.94 ± 6.98

 Lympholeukocyte (10⁹/L)

2.04 ± 0.55

2.04 ± 0.56

2.02 ± 0.53

 Eosinophils percentage (%)

3.10 ± 2.02

3.21 ± 1.88

3.09 ± 2.03

 Eosinophils count (10⁹/L)

0.19 ± 0.19

0.20 ± 0.13

0.19 ± 0.20

 Basophils percentage (%)

0.38 ± 0.22

0.35 ± 0.20

0.39 ± 0.23

 Basophils count (10⁹/L)

0.02 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)^a

6.40 ± 8.20

6.30 ± 8.00

7.40 ± 8.90

 Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)^a

5.33 ± 0.85

6.76 ± 2.00

5.26 ± 0.74

 Postprandial 2 h-glucose (mmol/L)^a

6.50 ± 2.20

9.30 ± 4.00

6.30 ± 2.00

 Total protein (g/L)

71.01 ± 4.28

71.02 ± 4.28

70.92 ± 4.22

 Albumin (g/L)

44.30 ± 2.702

44.33 ± 2.70

44.09 ± 2.69

 Globulin (g/L)

27.11 ± 3.59

27.23 ± 3.66

27.10 ± 3.59

 Albumin and globulin ratio

1.67 ± 0.25

1.67 ± 0.25

1.65 ± 0.26

 Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

15.65 ± 5.78

15.65 ± 5.82

15.66 ± 5.41

 Gamma-glutamyl transferase (U/L)^a

23.00 ± 19.00

21.00 ± 15.00

23.00 ± 19.00

 Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)^a

21.00 ± 14.00

20.00 ± 12.00

21.00 ± 14.00

 Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)

20.00 ± 7.00

20.00 ± 7.00

21.00 ± 6.00

 Creatinine (μmol/L)

90.11 ± 19.89

89.58 ± 19.86

94.60 ± 19.68

 Uric acid (mmol/L)

346.56 ± 88.10

346.02 ± 88.50

351.15 ± 84.59

 Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)

5.59 ± 1.47

6.33 ± 1.68

5.50 ± 1.42