Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
Characteristic | Low hs-CRP (N = 12,290) | High hs-CRP (N = 1,164) | p-value* | Low SUA (N = 10,158) | High SUA (N = 3,296) | p-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (SE) | Unweighted N | % (SE) | Unweighted N | % (SE) | Unweighted N | % (SE) | Unweighted N | |||
Age (years), mean (SE) | 47.77 (0.26) | - | 49.92 (0.63) | - | 0.0005 | 49.03 (0.28) | - | 44.42 (0.36) | - | < 0.0001 |
Gender | ||||||||||
Men | 48.53 (0.46) | 5,232 | 49.90 (0.21) | 544 | 0.4459 | 34.12 (0.46) | 3,059 | 86.81 (0.50) | 2,717 | < 0.0001 |
Women | 51.47 (0.45) | 7,058 | 50.01 (0.19) | 620 | 65.88 (0.45) | 7,099 | 13.19 (0.18) | 579 | ||
Household income | ||||||||||
Low | 16.04 (0.52) | 2,387 | 23.61 (0.14) | 337 | < 0.0001 | 17.55 (0.50) | 2,117 | 14.36 (0.23) | 607 | 0.0001 |
Lower middle | 23.66 (0.57) | 2,988 | 24.60 (0.14) | 287 | 23.97 (0.50) | 2,485 | 23.12 (0.31) | 790 | ||
Higher middle | 29.46 (0.61) | 3,379 | 29.05 (0.17) | 289 | 29.50 (0.52) | 2,779 | 29.22 (0.33) | 889 | ||
High | 30.84 (0.82) | 3,500 | 22.75 (0.14) | 245 | 28.98 (0.68) | 2,744 | 33.30 (0.39) | 1,001 | ||
Educational level | ||||||||||
≤ Elementary school | 15.08 (0.46) | 2,505 | 20.07 (0.12) | 319 | 0.0004 | 17.52 (0.45) | 2,305 | 10.14 (0.15) | 519 | < 0.0001 |
Middle school | 8.68 (0.30) | 1,193 | 9.67 (0.09) | 115 | 9.27 (0.29) | 1,004 | 7.45 (0.14) | 304 | ||
High school | 34.42 (0.61) | 3,731 | 32.16 (0.17) | 309 | 33.74 (0.56) | 3,022 | 35.51 (0.34) | 1,018 | ||
≥ College | 41.82 (0.81) | 4,446 | 38.10 (0.18) | 373 | 39.47 (0.63) | 3,477 | 46.90 (0.45) | 1,342 | ||
Smoking | ||||||||||
Non-smoker | 58.21 (0.51) | 7,514 | 55.84 (0.21) | 652 | 0.0476 | 66.64 (0.50) | 6,994 | 35.37 (0.33) | 1,172 | < 0.0001 |
Ex-smoker | 21.64 (0.39) | 2,627 | 20.34 (0.13) | 260 | 17.85 (0.33) | 1,779 | 31.19 (0.29) | 1,108 | ||
Current smoker | 20.15 (0.48) | 2,067 | 23.82 (0.14) | 235 | 15.51 (0.37) | 1,306 | 33.44 (0.35) | 996 | ||
Alcohol consumption | ||||||||||
No | 8.92 (0.30) | 1,386 | 11.24 (0.10) | 148 | 0.0296 | 10.80 (0.29) | 1,339 | 4.69 (0.12) | 195 | < 0.0001 |
Yes | 91.08 (0.40) | 10,830 | 88.76 (0.26) | 1,002 | 89.20 (0.53) | 8,749 | 95.31 (0.50) | 3,083 | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||||
< 25 | 65.99 (0.56) | 8,079 | 48.30 (0.19) | 583 | < 0.0001 | 70.27 (0.54) | 7,009 | 49.39 (0.40) | 1,653 | < 0.0001 |
≥ 25 | 34.01 (0.52) | 4,180 | 51.70 (0.21) | 579 | 29.73 (0.48) | 3,121 | 50.61 (0.40) | 1,638 | ||
High waist circumference | 27.69 (0.52) | 3,617 | 46.16 (0.19) | 544 | < 0.0001 | 24.98 (0.45) | 2,761 | 40.41 (0.35) | 1,400 | < 0.0001 |
Hypertension | 27.57 (0.52) | 4,006 | 36.30 (0.16) | 485 | < 0.0001 | 26.17 (0.47) | 3,170 | 33.91 (0.30) | 1,321 | < 0.0001 |
Glucose metabolism status | ||||||||||
Normal | 66.95 (0.56) | 7,807 | 58.76 (0.22) | 621 | < 0.0001 | 67.84 (0.54) | 6,573 | 62.15 (0.45) | 1,855 | < 0.0001 |
Prediabetes | 22.87 (0.40) | 2,959 | 25.14 (0.14) | 326 | 20.80 (0.37) | 2,244 | 28.98 (0.28) | 1,041 | ||
DM | 10.18 (0.31) | 1,524 | 16.10 (0.12) | 217 | 11.36 (0.29) | 1,341 | 8.87 (0.15) | 400 | ||
Hypertriglyceridemia | 15.48 (0.36) | 1,824 | 18.18 (0.13) | 196 | 0.0489 | 11.45 (0.30) | 1,138 | 26.92 (0.27) | 882 | < 0.0001 |
Low HDL cholesterol | 30.08 (0.51) | 4,027 | 47.35 (0.20) | 573 | < 0.0001 | 31.31 (0.45) | 3,448 | 32.10 (0.30) | 1,152 | 0.4404 |
Physical activity | ||||||||||
< 600 MET-minutes/week | 53.13 (0.60) | 6,692 | 56.31 (0.21) | 669 | 0.0835 | 54.85 (0.58) | 5,673 | 49.55 (0.39) | 1,688 | < 0.0001 |
≥ 600 MET-minutes/week | 46.87 (0.62) | 5,174 | 43.69 (0.19) | 448 | 45.15 (0.54) | 4,133 | 50.45 (0.40) | 1,489 | ||
Number of MetS components | ||||||||||
< 3 | 71.71 (0.55) | 8,379 | 57.41 (0.22) | 616 | < 0.0001 | 74.07 (0.56) | 7,146 | 61.17 (0.45) | 1,849 | < 0.0001 |
≥ 3 | 28.29 (0.50) | 3,911 | 42.59 (0.17) | 548 | 25.93 (0.45) | 3,012 | 38.83 (0.32) | 1,447 | ||