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. 2022 Aug 27;21:100196. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2022.100196

Table 2.

Univariate predictors of hs-CRP.

2015–2016
2017–2018
hs-CRP < 3 mg/dL hs-CRP ≥ 3 mg/dL P-val hs-CRP < 3 mg/dL hs-CRP ≥ 3 mg/dL P-val
n 3643 1769 3984 1872
Male (%) 1900 (52.2) 713 (40.3) <0.001 2080 (52.2) 760 (40.6) 0.0028
Age (mean (SD)) 47.12 (19.03) 50.13 (17.27) 0.0301 49.44 (19.31) 50.84 (17.55) 0.0292
Race (%) 0.0033 0.4076
 White 1172 (32.2) 559 (31.6) 1367 (34.3) 665 (35.5)
 Black 731 (20.1) 407 (23.0) 854 (21.4) 489 (26.1)
 Hispanic 1067 (29.3) 619 (35.0) 877 (22.0) 458 (24.5)
 Other 673 (18.5) 184 (10.4) 886 (22.2) 260 (13.9)
Ratio family income to poverty (%) 0.0086 0.0256
 0–1 806 (22.1) 436 (24.6) 724 (18.2) 419 (22.4)
 1–2 1003 (27.5) 506 (28.6) 1090 (27.4) 557 (29.8)
 2–3 601 (16.5) 322 (18.2) 655 (16.4) 334 (17.8)
 3 + 1233 (33.8) 505 (28.5) 1515 (38.0) 562 (30.0)
BMI, kg/m2 27.48 (5.68) 33.32 (7.88) <0.001 27.86 (6.03) 33.64 (8.50) <0.001
Waist circumference, cm 95.36 (14.83) 108.96 (17.20) <0.001 96.23 (15.61) 109.35 (17.71) <0.001
Systolic BP, mm Hg 123.89 (18.57) 126.95 (18.10) 0.0001 125.29 (20.11) 128.44 (20.48) 0.0002
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 69.50 (11.52) 69.72 (12.66) 0.0480 71.57 (12.47) 73.02 (12.83) 0.0060
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL 55.7 (16.9) 50.1 (15.2) <0.001 54.6 (15.0) 50.3 (13.7) <0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 187.8 (39.5) 190.9 (39.5) 0.0713 185.0 (39.8) 189.8 (39.4) 0.0006
White blood count, 1000 cells/μL 6.70 [5.60, 8.00] 7.80 [6.50, 9.40] <0.001 6.70 [5.50, 8.00] 7.80 [6.40, 9.40] <0.001
Platelet count, 1000 cells/μL 232.90 (55.74) 252.82 (64.81) <0.001 235.21 (57.72) 259.05 (68.46) <0.001
General health <0.001 <0.001
 Fair/poor 747 (20.5) 598 (33.8) 831 (20.9) 616 (32.9)
 Good 1514 (41.6) 753 (42.6) 1666 (41.8) 806 (43.1)
 Excellent/very good 1382 (37.9) 418 (23.6) 1487 (37.3) 450 (24.0)
Arthritis 767 (21.1) 575 (32.5) <0.001 1049 (26.3) 655 (35.0) 0.0007
Congestive heart failure 101 (2.8) 89 (5.0) 0.0030 112 (2.8) 92 (4.9) 0.0004
Coronary heart disease 143 (3.9) 77 (4.4) 0.5172 176 (4.4) 90 (4.8) 0.0795
Angina 69 (1.9) 51 (2.9) 0.1831 104 (2.6) 59 (3.2) 0.0045
Heart attack 129 (3.5) 97 (5.5) 0.0422 176 (4.4) 97 (5.2) 0.0259
Liver condition 131 (3.6) 108 (6.1) 0.0013 184 (4.6) 123 (6.6) 0.1128
COPD 84 (2.3) 90 (5.1) 0.0005 162 (4.1) 135 (7.2) 0.0009
Cancer 322 (8.8) 172 (9.7) 0.9334 389 (9.8) 204 (10.9) 0.7234
MET Score 1300 [40, 4800] 960 [0, 3840] 0.0085 1440.00 [80.00, 5040.00] 960.00 [0.00, 4725.00] 0.0013
Statin 627 (17.2) 351 (19.8) 0.4517 831 (20.9) 369 (19.7) 0.4854
Metformin 288 (7.9) 08 (11.8) 0.0072 374 (9.4) 232 (12.4) 0.0283
Smoking, current 635 (17.4) 359 (20.3) 0.0479 636 (16.0) 385 (20.6) 0.0422

BMI: body mass index, HDL: high density lipoprotein BP: blood pressure, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MET: metabolic activity.