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 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |  | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |  | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |  | ||||||||||||
 | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | p for trend | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | Mean | S.E. | p for trend | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | p for trend |
Men (N) | 895 | 1061 | 1228 | 1509 | Â | 1698 | 1127 | 909 | 959 | Â | 947 | 1015 | 1185 | 1539 | Â | ||||||||||||
Waist circumference (cm) | 85.8 | 0.3 | 85.3 | 0.3 | 85.6 | 0.2 | 86.4 | 0.2 | 0.008 | 86.0 | 0.2 | 85.5 | 0.3 | 85.9 | 0.3 | 85.9 | 0.3 | 0.516 | 85.2 | 0.3 | 85.9 | 0.3 | 85.6 | 0.2 | 86.4 | 0.2 | 0.016 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.7 | 0.1 | 23.5 | 0.1 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 24.0 | 0.1 | 0.001 | 23.9 | 0.1 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 0.333 | 23.6 | 0.1 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 23.9 | 0.1 | 0.081 |
Systolic blood pressure | 136.1 | 0.5 | 134.7 | 0.5 | 135.6 | 0.5 | 134.8 | 0.4 | 0.182 | 136.3 | 0.4 | 135.0 | 0.5 | 133.9 | 0.5 | 134.9 | 0.5 | 0.003 | 133.8 | 0.5 | 135.1 | 0.5 | 135.4 | 0.5 | 136.1 | 0.4 | 0.013 |
Diastolic blood pressure | 82.7 | 0.4 | 82.1 | 0.3 | 81.9 | 0.3 | 81.5 | 0.3 | 0.128 | 82.2 | 0.3 | 81.8 | 0.3 | 81.5 | 0.4 | 82.2 | 0.4 | 0.338 | 81.0 | 0.4 | 81.5 | 0.3 | 82.1 | 0.3 | 82.7 | 0.3 | 0.003 |
Serum total cholesterol | 195.1 | 1.1 | 197.2 | 1.0 | 194.7 | 1.0 | 195.4 | 0.9 | 0.305 | 194.1 | 0.8 | 195.2 | 1.0 | 196.4 | 1.1 | 197.8 | 1.1 | 0.047 | 189.5 | 1.1 | 194.8 | 1.0 | 195.9 | 1.0 | 199.6 | 0.9 | <0.001 |
Serum HDLcholesterol | 54.3 | 0.5 | 55.1 | 0.4 | 54.8 | 0.4 | 54.7 | 0.4 | 0.691 | 54.3 | 0.3 | 55.0 | 0.4 | 54.6 | 0.5 | 55.5 | 0.5 | 0.170 | 54.5 | 0.5 | 54.1 | 0.4 | 54.8 | 0.4 | 55.4 | 0.4 | 0.199 |
Serum LDL cholesterol | 115.9 | 1.0 | 115.9 | 0.9 | 114.0 | 0.9 | 113.8 | 0.8 | 0.191 | 113.0 | 0.7 | 114.5 | 0.9 | 115.6 | 1.0 | 117.1 | 1.0 | 0.006 | 110.0 | 1.0 | 115.1 | 0.9 | 114.7 | 0.9 | 117.4 | 0.8 | <0.001 |
HbA1C | 5.78 | 0.02 | 5.77 | 0.02 | 5.79 | 0.02 | 5.78 | 0.02 | 0.902 | 5.81 | 0.02 | 5.77 | 0.02 | 5.75 | 0.02 | 5.77 | 0.02 | 0.158 | 5.74 | 0.02 | 5.79 | 0.02 | 5.77 | 0.02 | 5.80 | 0.02 | 0.125 |
Women (N) | 1589 | 1716 | 1748 | 1628 | Â | 999 | 1715 | 1932 | 2033 | Â | 2116 | 1923 | 1595 | 1045 | Â | ||||||||||||
Waist circumference (cm) | 82.0 | 0.2 | 81.3 | 0.2 | 81.4 | 0.2 | 81.7 | 0.2 | 0.170 | 81.9 | 0.3 | 81.8 | 0.2 | 81.7 | 0.2 | 81.1 | 0.2 | 0.039 | 80.7 | 0.2 | 81.7 | 0.2 | 82.1 | 0.2 | 82.4 | 0.3 | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.7 | 0.1 | 22.5 | 0.1 | 22.5 | 0.1 | 22.7 | 0.1 | 0.138 | 23.0 | 0.1 | 22.7 | 0.1 | 22.6 | 0.1 | 22.4 | 0.1 | <0.001 | 22.4 | 0.1 | 22.6 | 0.1 | 22.8 | 0.1 | 22.9 | 0.1 | <0.001 |
Systolic blood pressure | 128.1 | 0.4 | 128.4 | 0.4 | 128.7 | 0.4 | 129.1 | 0.4 | 0.321 | 130.3 | 0.5 | 128.9 | 0.4 | 127.8 | 0.4 | 128.1 | 0.4 | 0.001 | 127.9 | 0.4 | 128.6 | 0.4 | 128.6 | 0.4 | 129.6 | 0.5 | 0.062 |
Diastolic blood pressure | 76.5 | 0.3 | 77.2 | 0.3 | 77.6 | 0.2 | 77.3 | 0.3 | 0.019 | 77.5 | 0.3 | 77.1 | 0.3 | 76.8 | 0.2 | 77.4 | 0.2 | 0.229 | 76.9 | 0.2 | 77.2 | 0.2 | 77.1 | 0.3 | 77.9 | 0.3 | 0.115 |
Serum total cholesterol | 204.1 | 0.9 | 204.4 | 0.8 | 205.8 | 0.8 | 203.7 | 0.8 | 0.287 | 199.3 | 1.0 | 201.4 | 0.8 | 205.6 | 0.7 | 208.7 | 0.7 | <0.001 | 202.1 | 0.7 | 206.1 | 0.8 | 205.3 | 0.8 | 205.3 | 1.0 | 0.001 |
Serum HDLcholesterol | 63.5 | 0.4 | 63.8 | 0.4 | 64.3 | 0.4 | 63.5 | 0.4 | 0.338 | 62.0 | 0.5 | 62.3 | 0.4 | 64.3 | 0.3 | 65.4 | 0.3 | <0.001 | 63.3 | 0.3 | 63.5 | 0.3 | 64.0 | 0.4 | 64.8 | 0.5 | 0.070 |
Serum LDL cholesterol | 118.8 | 0.8 | 118.7 | 0.7 | 118.7 | 0.7 | 117.5 | 0.7 | 0.531 | 114.5 | 0.9 | 116.6 | 0.7 | 119.4 | 0.7 | 121.0 | 0.7 | <0.001 | 116.8 | 0.7 | 119.7 | 0.7 | 119.1 | 0.7 | 118.3 | 0.9 | 0.013 |
HbA1C | 5.68 | 0.01 | 5.70 | 0.01 | 5.69 | 0.01 | 5.72 | 0.01 | 0.173 | 5.73 | 0.02 | 5.69 | 0.01 | 5.69 | 0.01 | 5.69 | 0.01 | 0.295 | 5.68 | 0.01 | 5.70 | 0.01 | 5.70 | 0.01 | 5.73 | 0.02 | 0.063 |