Baseline characteristics
General characteristics of the participants among tertiles of AS markers presented in Table 1-2. Participants in the highest tertile of cf-PWV were older, more male. They had higher BMI, waist and neck circumferences, ABSI, BRI, fat-free mass, SBP, DBP, TGs, cholesterol, non-HDL-C, and non-HDL/HDL ratio compared to the lowest tertile. Participants in the third tertile of AS marker were older, had higher BRI, NC, visceral fat, BFM, FFM, cholesterol, HEL-C, and most of them were women, compared to those in the first tertile.
Comparing AS indices in different tertiles, we showed that there are no significant differences between males and females regarding their AS in tertiles (Fig 1).