Relationship between adult height and body weight and risk of carotid atherosclerosis assessed in terms of carotid intima-media thickness: The Nagasaki Islands study

Table 1 Age-adjusted mean values of patient characteristics according to height

	Quartiles of height				P
	Q1 (low)	Q2	Q3	Q4 (high)	P
Men
Median height, cm	155.6	161.0	165.1	170.1
Number at risk	331	349	321	336
Age, years	69.6 ± 9.5	67.3 ± 8.9	63.2 ± 10.5	59.1 ± 10.5
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	142	143	141	143	0.629
Antihypertensive medication use, %	27.9	27.3	25.7	27.4	0.921
Body mass index, kg/m²	23.6	23.8	23.6	23.6	0.772
Current drinker, %	42	52	55	54	0.004
Current smoker, %	28	25	26	24	0.704
Serum triglycerides (TG), mg/dL	121	124	129	127	0.613
Serum HDL-cholesterol (HDL), mg/dL	55	54	55	54	0.795
Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), IU/L	25	26	25	24	0.099
Diabetes, %	8.0	9.3	10.7	9.3	0.721
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	0.83	0.89	0.91	0.92	< 0.001
Estimated GFR (JCKD; mL/min/1.73 m²)	74.4	69.0	67.3	65.3	< 0.001
Estimated GFR (Horio; mL/min)	81.4	81.8	84.1	88.1	< 0.001

Age: mean ± standard deviation; P: P factor; height quartiles: < 158.7 cm (Q1), 158.7 to 163.0 cm (Q2), 163.1 to 167.9 cm (Q3), and > 167.9 cm (Q4); GFR: glomerular filtration rate.

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