Subject Characteristics Stratified by hsCRP and IMT
| hsCRP < 2 mg/L | hsCRP ≥ 2 mg/L | |||||
| Characteristic | IMT < 0.75 mm (n = 803) | IMT ≥ 0.75 mm (n = 248) | P | IMT < 0.75 mm (n = 85) | IMT ≥ 0.75 mm (n = 45) | P |
| Age (y) | 50.8 ± 5.4 | 55.5 ± 7.6 | <0.0001 | 51.8 ± 7.2 | 55.3 ± 8.4 | 0.0163 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.3 ± 2.3 | 25.0 ± 2.2 | 0.0006 | 24.7 ± 3.3 | 25.5 ± 2.5 | 0.1571 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 118.0 ± 15.3 | 121.5 ± 16.9 | 0.0087 | 118.8 ± 11.6 | 122.0 ± 16.1 | 0.2516 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 76.7 ± 10.3 | 77.1 ± 10.1 | 0.6035 | 76.7 ± 11.6 | 76.4 ± 9.3 | 0.8879 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 85.0 ± 6.56 | 87.4 ± 6.7 | 0.0001 | 86.7 ± 8.6 | 89.9 ± 6.2 | 0.0290 |
| Abdominal fat (%) | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 0.0625 | 0.92 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 0.0028 |
| Fasting blood glucose | 96.2 ± 17.4 | 100.9 ± 19.9 | 0.0002 | 99.9 ± 23.3 | 96.7 ± 12.0 | 0.3917 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.6 ± 0.6 | 5.8 ± 0.6 | 0.0015 | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 5.8 ± 0.6 | 0.8527 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/dL) | 196.4 ± 31.7 | 198.2 ± 34.3 | 0.5647 | 189.7 ± 33.1 | 195.6 ± 44.9 | 0.4024 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/dL) | 51.3 ± 12.5 | 49.3 ± 12.2 | 0.0412 | 46.6 ± 10.2 | 43.3 ± 11.7 | 0.0993 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/dL) | 121.3 ± 27.5 | 124.8 ± 29.2 | 0.1471 | 118.9 ± 28.3 | 123.8 ± 36.7 | 0.4006 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/dL) | 141.6 ± 76.9 | 141.4 ± 66.6 | 0.8980 | 142.2 ± 71.1 | 150.2 ± 54.9 | 0.5167 |
| IMT (mm) | 0.59 ± 0.08 | 0.84 ± 0.13 | <0.0001 | 0.60 ± 0.08 | 0.87 ± 0.18 | <0.0001 |
| M-TBR | 1.59 ± 0.15 | 1.62 ± 0.15 | 0.0048 | 1.56 ± 0.17 | 1.71 ± 0.17 | <0.0001 |
| Mean TBR | 1.37 ± 0.12 | 1.39 ± 0.13 | 0.0086 | 1.34 ± 0.14 | 1.46 ± 0.12 | <0.0001 |
| hsCRP (mg/dL) | 0.6 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 0.4 | 0.0708 | 5.3 ± 5.0 | 5.8 ± 6.2 | 0.6949 |
Data are mean ± SD. P values were calculated using t tests or Mann–Whitney tests.