Table 2.
Univariate predictors of hs-CRP.
| 2015–2016 |
2017–2018 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.