Table 1 Baseline information of enrolled patients before or after propensity score matching

Demographic characteristics

 Sex

< 0.001

> 0.999

  Male

53 (32.7%)

311 (52.4%)

53 (33.1%)

53 (33.1%)

  Female

109 (67.3%)

283 (47.6%)

107 (66.9%)

107 (66.9%)

 Age (years)

48.79 (11.79)

46.05 (13.03)

0.016

48.54 (11.65)

49.08 (11.73)

0.681

 Weight (kg)

61.54 (11.00)

64.18 (11.32)

0.008

61.57 (11.06)

61.95 (10.26)

0.752

 Smoking history

19 (11.7%)

133 (22.4%)

0.003

19 (11.9%)

22 (13.8%)

0.738

Comorbidities

 Hypertension

13 (8.0%)

97 (16.3%)

0.008

13 (8.1%)

17 (10.6%)

0.566

 Coronary disease

6 (3.7%)

31 (5.2%)

0.540

6 (3.8%)

6 (3.8%)

> 0.999

 Fatty liver

14 (8.6%)

42 (7.1%)

0.500

12 (7.5%)

13 (8.1%)

> 0.999

 Diabetes

18 (11.1%)

66 (11.1%)

> 0.999

18 (11.3%)

22 (13.8%)

0.613

 Uveitis

4 (2.5%)

1 (0.2%)

0.009

4 (2.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0.123

Blood glucose and lipid traits

 Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

5.87 (5.02–6.65)

5.40 (4.90-6.00)

< 0.001

5.87 (5.03–6.66)

5.40 (4.85-6.00)

< 0.001

 HDLC (mmol/L)

1.09 (0.34)

1.21 (0.34)

< 0.001

1.07 (0.89–1.21)

1.24 (1.03–1.50)

< 0.001

 LDLC (mmol/L)

2.82 (2.33–3.14)

2.41 (1.90–2.88)

< 0.001

2.82 (2.32–3.15)

2.46 (1.99–2.83)

< 0.001

 TC (mmol/L)

4.65 (4.10–5.43)

3.92 (3.36–4.46)

< 0.001

4.65 (4.09–5.42)

4.02 (3.49–4.56)

< 0.001

 TG (mmol/L)

1.65 (1.16–2.39)

1.16 (0.77–1.80)

< 0.001

1.65 (1.16–2.40)

1.11 (0.80–1.86)

< 0.001

Other blood traits

 Blood potassium (mmol/L)

3.99 (0.29)

4.14 (0.28)

< 0.001

3.99 (0.29)

4.14 (0.27)

< 0.001

 Blood calcium (mmol/L)

2.34 (0.13)

2.30 (0.10)

0.001

2.33 (2.26–2.40)

2.30 (2.25–2.37)

0.058

 ALT (U/L)

19.00 (14.00-24.20)

17.07 (12.00-24.76)

0.075

19.21 (14.00-24.52)

16.00 (12.10-24.76)

0.067

 AST (U/L)

20.91 (18.00-23.50)

19.00 (16.00–24.00)

0.004

20.91 (18.00-23.75)

19.00 (16.25-24.00)

0.027

 GGT (U/L)

28.33 (19.00–49.00)

21.35 (14.83–32.50)

< 0.001

28.33 (19.00-50.50)

20.73 (14.31–28.78)

< 0.001

 ALP (U/L)

73.00 (61.00-92.67)

69.00 (58.25-82.00)

0.010

73.14 (61.00-92.67)

69.63 (58.00-83.10)

0.083

 ALB (g/L)

42.71 (3.64)

43.37 (3.73)

0.045

42.67 (3.65)

43.60 (3.24)

0.016

 Globulin (g/L)

30.58 (5.10)

27.64 (3.83)

< 0.001

29.95 (27.35–33.27)

27.62 (25.33–30.16)

< 0.001

 TBil (umol/L)

9.18 (7.10–12.40)

8.69 (6.40-11.73)

0.046

9.23 (7.10–12.40)

8.28 (6.60–11.00)

0.034

 UA (umol/L)

310.00

(257.00-396.10)

306.40

(258.73-371.86)

0.254

310.00

(256.60-396.35)

287.00

(236.41-341.88)

0.001

 Urea (mmol/L)

5.39 (4.30–6.65)

5.10 (4.33–6.05)

0.095

5.34 (4.30–6.68)

5.13 (4.39–6.07)

0.283

 Creatinine (umol/L)

68.00 (57.00–79.00)

71.00 (58.00-83.29)

0.221

68.00 (57.00-79.50)

64.00 (55.13–76.32)

0.085

 RBC (10^12/L)

4.52 (0.52)

4.47 (0.58)

0.305

4.53 (0.52)

4.43 (0.58)

0.127

 Hb (g/L)

132.64 (15.12)

134.12 (19.20)

0.300

132.75 (15.17)

130.68 (18.54)

0.274

 PLT (10^9/L)

223.38

(190.00-272.86)

214.80

(182.00-252.75)

0.032

223.38

(190.25-273.43)

223.75

(181.08-250.25)

0.149

 WBC (10^9/L)

5.70 (4.47–6.62)

6.19 (5.12–7.31)

< 0.001

5.68 (4.44–6.61)

5.89 (5.01–7.06)

0.052