Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects

Age, years

56.8 ± 10.7

54.2 ± 10.2

0.140

Male, n (%)

75 (81.5)

38 (63.3)

0.012*

BMI, kg/m²

25.1 ± 2.9

25.5 ± 3.8

0.456

Hypertension, n (%)

47 (51.1)

34 (56.7)

0.500

Diabetes, n (%)

24 (26.1)

21 (35.0)

0.239

Smoking status, n (%)

61 (66.3)

30 (50.0)

0.045*

SBP, mmHg

130.1 ± 22.6

143.2 ± 20.3

 < 0.001*

DBP, mmHg

80.3 ± 14.1

91.6 ± 15.4

 < 0.001*

Heart rate, bpm

81.3 ± 15.0

81.1 ± 10.8

0.939

Laboratory tests

cTNI on admission, ng/mL

0.17 (0.01, 1.28)

0.01 (0.01, 0.01)

 < 0.001*

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.93 ± 1.29

4.52 ± 1.11

0.048*

Triglyceride, mmol/L

1.63 (1.13, 2.46)

1.82 (0.99, 2.71)

0.865

HDL-C, mmol/L

0.91 ± 0.21

0.99 ± 0.22

0.017*

LDL-C, mmol/L

3.33 ± 1.08

2.93 ± 1.00

0.022*

Non-HDL-C, mmol/L

4.03 ± 1.24

3.53 ± 1.13

0.014*

Lipoprotein(a), mg/L

195.50 (101.50, 356.75)

124.50 (64.00, 266.00)

0.009*

FPG, mmol/L

6.15 (5.37, 8.06)

5.22 (4.65, 5.76)

 < 0.001*

HbA1c, %

6.50 ± 1.70

6.03 ± 1.28

0.074

Creatinine, umol/L

73.98 ± 17.03

75.50 ± 19.15

0.609

eGFR, mL/min/1.73m²

93.07 ± 17.16

96.21 ± 17.83

0.282

Uric acid, umol/L

409.04 ± 117.38

428.24 ± 106.25

0.317

WBC count, × 10E9

11.18 ± 3.72

6.91 ± 1.55

 < 0.001*

OPG, pg/mL

105.98 (79.79, 166.05)

56.79 (48.77, 69.66)

 < 0.001*

Sclerostin, pg/mL

526.31 (355.19, 776.84)

325.39 (237.10, 455.76)

 < 0.001*