Subject Characteristics Stratified by hsCRP and M-TBR
| hsCRP < 2 mg/dL | hsCRP ≥ 2 mg/dL | |||||
| Characteristic | M-TBR < 1.7 (n = 797) | M-TBR ≥ 1.7 (n = 254) | P | M-TBR < 1.7 (n = 89) | M-TBR ≥ 1.7 (n = 41) | P |
| Age (y) | 51.4 ± 5.7 | 53.5 ± 7.7 | <0.0001 | 51.3 ± 6.9 | 56.5 ± 8.5 | 0.0003 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.3 ± 2.4 | 24.7 ± 2.0 | 0.0143 | 24.9 ± 3.2 | 25.1 ± 2.8 | 0.7310 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 118.2 ± 15.5 | 120.8 ± 16.7 | 0.0218 | 119.5 ± 15.0 | 120.7 ± 15.9 | 0.6675 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 76.8 ± 10.5 | 76.7 ± 9.7 | 0.9118 | 76.5 ± 11.5 | 76.9 ± 9.3 | 0.8750 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 85.2 ± 6.8 | 86.8 ± 6.0 | 0.0006 | 87.8 ± 8.1 | 87.8 ± 7.6 | 0.9716 |
| Abdominal fat (%) | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0 | <0.0001 | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 0.0184 |
| Fasting blood glucose | 97.4 ± 19.3 | 96.9 ± 14.2 | 0.6610 | 100.1 ± 23.1 | 96.1 ± 11.4 | 0.2974 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.7 ± 0.6 | 5.7 ± 0.5 | 0.4337 | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 5.9 ± 0.6 | 0.4254 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/dL) | 195.4 ± 32.5 | 201.2 ± 31.8 | 0.0128 | 189.4 ± 39.0 | 196.7 ± 34.2 | 0.3096 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/dL) | 51.1 ± 12.5 | 50.1 ± 12.2 | 0.2721 | 46.8 ± 10.4 | 42.6 ± 11.3 | 0.0380 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/dL) | 120.8 ± 28.0 | 126.4 ± 28.4 | <0.0001 | 117.9 ± 31.6 | 126.4 ± 30.7 | 0.1545 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/dL) | 140.2 ± 76.8 | 145.7 ± 67.1 | 0.3054 | 138.4 ± 70.0 | 159.2 ± 53.9 | 0.0976 |
| IMT (mm) | 0.64 ± 0.13 | 0.68 ± 0.17 | 0.0001 | 0.65 ± 0.12 | 0.79 ± 0.23 | <0.0001 |
| M-TBR | 1.54 ± 0.11 | 1.79 ± 0.09 | <0.0001 | 1.51 ± 0.11 | 1.84 ± 0.10 | <0.0001 |
| Mean TBR | 1.33 ± 0.09 | 1.52 ± 0.07 | <0.0001 | 1.31 ± 0.10 | 1.55 ± 0.07 | <0.0001 |
| hsCRP (mg/dL) | 0.6 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 0.4 | 0.0680 | 5.8 ± 5.9 | 4.8 ± 4.6 | 0.3578 |
Data are mean ± SD. P values were calculated using t tests or Mann–Whitney tests.