Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (all men and women), by categories of UACR

Age (years)

70.18 ± 6.87

72.26 ± 7.10

73.00 ± 6.74

< 0.001

Sex (females %)

55.0

66.6

65.1

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m²)

24.78 ± 3.26

25.16 ± 3.59

25.50 ± 3.83

0.001

Waist (cm)

87.69 ± 9.43

88.14 ± 9.04

89.69 ± 10.02

0.007

Hip (cm)

97.90 ± 8.34

98.61 ± 7.77

98.21 ± 8.20

0.077

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

135.62 ± 17.87

141.08 ± 20.65

145.97 ± 20.26

< 0.001

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

76.46 ± 8.92

77.97 ± 10.62

78.78 ± 11.34

< 0.001

FBG (fasting blood glucose) (mmol/L)

5.89 ± 1.30

6.05 ± 1.56

6.66 ± 2.26

< 0.001

2-h post-meal blood glucose (mmol/L)

8.03 ± 3.19

8.23 ± 3.15

8.63 ± 4.13

0.031

Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)

5.96 ± 1.09

6.14 ± 1.23

6.54 ± 1.60

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.22 ± 0.98

5.28 ± 1.03

5.29 ± 1.10

0.219

High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

1.42 ± 0.38

1.43 ± 0.37

1.39 ± 0.46

0.427

Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

3.23 ± 0.83

3.23 ± 0.89

3.22 ± 0.93

0.896

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.61 ± 0.90

1.68 ± 0.77

1.86 ± 1.12

< 0.001

Serum creatinine (umol/L)

73.69 ± 16.24

71.29 ± 18.25

84.54 ± 43.46

< 0.001

Blood uric acid (umol/L)

309.32 ± 85.21

301.28 ± 93.74

326.25 ± 92.90

0.006

NIHSS

0.09 ± 0.40

0.16 ± 0.63

0.24 ± 0.94

0.008

MMSE

27.40 ± 2.84

26.29 ± 3.80

26.18 ± 4.22

< 0.001

ADL

99.24 ± 5.75

98.93 ± 5.39

98.55 ± 6.15

0.348

Smoking (%)

30.6

29.6

30.1

0.925

Drinking (%)

28.0

19.5

22.7

0.001

CHD (%)

20.9

23.5

35.8

< 0.001