Female participant characteristics by quartiles of immunoglobulin M (n = 3,706)^a.

aBMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; LDL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBS, fasting blood sugar; UA, uric acid; CVD, cardiovascular disease; Ig, immunoglobulin. bAnalysis of variance or logistic regression analysis. cMean (range) (all such values). dSignificantly different from the lowest quartile of immunoglobulin M (Bonferroni correction): P<0.05.