Table 1  Descriptive statistics of variables for each study cohort   KARE, Korea Association Resource study; HEXA, Health Examinee cohort; BBJ, BioBank Japan study; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
aLDL-C is calculated using the Friedewald's formula.