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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Association of serum creatinine with aortic arch calcification in middle-aged and elderly adults: an observational cross-sectional study from China

Index

All (n = 9067)

Female (n = 5291)

Male (n = 3776)

Without AAC (n = 4301)

With AAC (n = 990)

P value

Without AAC (n = 3165)

With AAC (n = 611)

P value

Age (years)

66.31 ± 8.63

63.60 ± 8.45

72.99 ± 6.91

< 0.001

66.85 ± 7.85

71.82 ± 7.16

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

24.78 ± 3.42

24.82 ± 3.58

24.85 ± 3.43

0.793

24.73 ± 3.21

24.70 ± 3.32

0.815

SBP (mmHg)

138.17 ± 19.47

136.86 ± 19.51

144.29 ± 19.86

< 0.001

137.36 ± 18.90

141.69 ± 19.23

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

79.58 ± 10.86

78.49 ± 10.69

76.56 ± 10.24

< 0.001

81.88 ± 10.75

80.23 ± 11.24

0.001

Diabetes mellitus

1415 (15.6%)

605 (14.1%)

214 (21.6%)

< 0.001

472 (14.9%)

124 (20.3%)

0.001

Hypertension

5371 (59.2%)

2229 (51.8%)

690 (69.7%)

< 0.001

2029 (64.1%)

423 (69.2%)

0.015

Coronary heart disease

146 (1.6%)

37 (0.9%)

25 (2.5%)

< 0.001

63 (2.0%)

21 (3.4%)

0.026

Serum glucose (mmol/L)

6.48 ± 1.81

6.39 ± 1.77

6.67 ± 1.93

< 0.001

6.49 ± 1.77

6.68 ± 2.04

0.015

Serum creatinine (µmol/L)

71.32 ± 22.21

62.09 ± 17.88

68.37 ± 22.91

< 0.001

82.43 ± 21.67

83.53 ± 19.70

0.241

Serum urea nitrogen (mmol/L)

5.13 ± 1.58

5.09 ± 1.50

5.02 ± 1.68

0.227

5.22 ± 1.65

5.11 ± 1.54

0.101

Serum uric acid (µmol/L)

291.91 ± 94.58

256.54 ± 79.28

278.60 ± 87.33

< 0.001

334.46 ± 93.89

342.10 ± 97.59

0.068

Serum total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.05 ± 1.15

5.31 ± 1.13

5.14 ± 1.12

< 0.001

4.74 ± 1.07

4.72 ± 1.19

0.572

Serum triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.73 ± 1.25

1.78 ± 1.23

1.80 ± 1.36

0.72

1.66 ± 1.24

1.60 ± 1.17

0.284

Serum HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.34 ± 0.37

1.39 ± 0.36

1.36 ± 0.36

0.009

1.26 ± 0.36

1.28 ± 0.36

0.301

Serum LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.85 ± 0.77

3.02 ± 0.76

2.97 ± 0.78

0.072

2.64 ± 0.73

2.63 ± 0.77

0.670

  1. AAC: Aortic arch calcification