Baseline characteristics according to central obesity status (n = 2350)‡.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; BP, blood pressure; UACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; hsCRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein.‡:Central obesity is defined as waist circumference ≥90 cm in men, and/or ≥80 cm in women.*:Student's t-test for unpaired data was used for the comparison of mean values between genders; data are means ± SD;#:Statistics were tested using the log-transformed values.†:Pearson's χ2 test was used for categorical data; data were shown as percentage.**:N = 1671.