Baseline characteristics of participants with normal and elevated urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio.

<p>Data are presented as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise noted. LDL: low density lipoprotein; HDL: high density lipoprotein; UACR: urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio. Elevated UACR was defined as UACR ≥17 mg/g for males and ≥25 mg/g for females. BMI: body mass index. WHR: wait-to-hip ratio, central obesity was defined asWHR ≥0.85 for females and ≥0.90 for males.