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. 2024 Oct 9;11:1463569. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1463569

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants by tertiles of the phenotypic aging acceleration, weighted.

Total n = 22,600 Phenotypic age acceleration
Tertile 1 (<−4.40) n = 7,534 Tertile 2 (−4.40 to −0.65) n = 7,533 Tertile 3 (−0.65) n = 7,533 p-value
Age, years 47.8 ± 16.9 48.7 ± 16.0 46.0 ± 17.0 48.9 ± 17.4 <0.001
KDM biological age 45.4 ± 17.3 43.4 ± 15.5 42.9 ± 16.4 50.5 ± 19.1 <0.001
KDM biological age acceleration −2.7 (−7.1, 1.7) −5.4 (−9.5, −1.1) −3.0 (−6.9, 0.7) 0.9 (−3.7, 5.8) <0.001
Phenotypic age 45.3 ± 17.6 41.7 ± 15.9 43.4 ± 17.1 51.6 ± 18.2 <0.001
Male, n (%) 11,173 (49.3) 2,390 (32.6) 3,925 (53.6) 4,858 (63.4) <0.001
Race, n (%) <0.001
Mexican American 3,346 (8.5) 1,232 (8.8) 1,136 (8.6) 978 (8.0)
Non-Hispanic White 9,388 (67.5) 2,898 (67.8) 3,273 (68.5) 3,217 (66.0)
Non-Hispanic Black 4,614 (10.3) 1,205 (7.8) 1,457 (9.7) 1,952 (13.9)
Others 5,252 (13.8) 2,199 (15.7) 1,667 (13.2) 1,386 (13.9)
Poverty income ratio 3.0 ± 1.6 3.2 ± 1.6 3.0 ± 1.6 2.7 ± 1.6 <0.001
Education levels, n (%) <0.001
Less than high school 2,107 (4.7) 748 (4.9) 640 (4.2) 719 (5.2)
High school 8,056 (32.4) 2,283 (26.4) 2,649 (32.0) 3,124 (39.6)
More than high school 12,437 (62.9) 4,503 (68.8) 4,244 (63.8) 3,690 (55.2)
Cardiovascular disease, n (%) 2,373 (8.5) 437 (5.0) 656 (7.4) 1,280 (13.8) <0.001
Hypertension, n (%) 8,186 (32.1) 2,043 (24.7) 2,485 (29.4) 3,658 (43.6) <0.001
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 4,122 (13.8) 663 (6.4) 1,059 (10.0) 2,400 (26.6) <0.001
Cancer, n (%) 2,143 (10.5) 637 (10.7) 701 (10.0) 805 (10.7) 0.098
Body mass index, kg/m2 29.1 ± 6.8 27.0 ± 5.6 29.1 ± 6.3 31.7 ± 7.8 <0.001
Diet energy, kcal/day 2,095 ± 799 1,990 ± 725 2,141 ± 789 2,163 ± 876 <0.001
Smoking status, n (%) <0.001
No 12,687 (56.1) 5,032 (64.4) 4,296 (57.1) 3,359 (45.5)
Former 5,432 (25.1) 1,687 (25.1) 1,748 (24.0) 1,997 (26.5)
Current 4,481 (18.8) 815 (10.5) 1,489 (18.9) 2,177 (28.0)
Alcohol consumption, n (%) <0.001
No 6,837 (23.5) 2,545 (25.1) 2,083 (20.9) 2,209 (24.7)
Low-to-moderate 14,074 (67.5) 4,537 (67.1) 4,859 (69.7) 4,678 (65.5)
Heavy 1,689 (9.0) 452 (7.8) 591 (9.4) 646 (9.8)
Metabolic equivalent, min/week <0.001
<600 8,763 (34.3) 2,920 (34.1) 2,744 (31.5) 3,099 (37.7)
600–3,999 8,086 (38.5) 2,986 (43.0) 2,698 (38.3) 2,402 (33.7)
≥4,000 5,751 (27.2) 1,628 (22.9) 2,091 (30.3) 2,032 (28.7)
WBC, 1,000 cells/uL 7.2 ± 2.0 6.0 ± 1.4 7.1 ± 1.6 8.5 ± 2.3 <0.001
NLR 2.18 ± 1.13 1.78 ± 0.75 2.17 ± 0.94 2.71 ± 1.45 <0.001
Albumin, g/L 42.7 ± 3.3 43.7 ± 2.9 42.8 ± 3.1 41.3 ± 3.4 <0.001
Total cholesterol, mmol/L 4.9 ± 1.0 5.1 ± 1.0 4.9 ± 1.0 4.7 ± 1.0 <0.001
Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, % 5.6 ± 0.7 5.4 ± 0.4 5.0 ± 0.5 5.9 ± 1.1 <0.001
Alkaline phosphatase, U/L 68.0 ± 21.1 62.6 ± 18.2 67.3 ± 20.1 74.8 ± 23.2 <0.001
Serum creatinine, umol/L 77.3 ± 19.5 67.9 ± 13.5 77.3 ± 15.4 88.0 ± 23.5 <0.001
Glutamyltransferase, U/L 19 (14, 29) 16 (12, 24) 19 (14, 28) 23 (16, 35) <0.001
Serum Klotho, (pg/mL) 844 ± 291 872 ± 298 832 ± 275 818 ± 293 <0.001
Dietary diversity score 6.7 ± 1.9 7.1 ± 1.9 6.7 ± 1.9 6.3 ± 1.9 <0.001

n (%): unweighted numbers (weighted percentage). KDM, Klemera–Doubal method; WBC, white blood cell count, NLR, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio.