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. 2024 Dec 4;16(23):4188. doi: 10.3390/nu16234188

Table 5.

Blood biomarkers of health status between pork consumers and non-consumers by gender in the healthy Korean population aged 65 years old and over, 2016–2020 KNHANES.

Blood Biomarkers All Men Women
Consumers Non-Consumers p-Value Consumers Non-Consumers p-Value
Hemoglobin (g/dL) n = 1966 n = 358 n = 588 n = 343 n = 677
13.81 ± 0.04 14.69 ± 0.08 14.50 ± 0.07 <0.0001 13.04 ± 0.07 13.09 ± 0.04 0.0003
Hematocrit (%) n = 1966 n = 358 n = 588 n = 343 n = 677
42.07 ± 0.12 44.44 ± 0.24 43.92 ± 0.22 <0.0001 39.95 ± 0.21 40.14 ± 0.13 0.0031
FBG (mg/dL) n = 1971 n = 359 n = 588 n = 346 n = 678
100.05 ± 0.44 100.74 ± 1.02 102.15 ± 0.87 0.3373 99.13 ± 0.99 98.20 ± 0.68 0.0957
HbA1c (%) n = 1966 n = 358 n = 588 n = 343 n = 677
5.74 ± 0.01 5.72 ± 0.04 5.76 ± 0.03 0.6393 5.76 ± 0.04 5.72 ± 0.02 0.4849
hs-CRP (mg/L) n = 1159 n = 221 n = 336 n = 199 n = 403
1.45 ± 0.10 1.55 ± 0.23 1.73 ± 0.20 ** 0.0252 1.04 ± 0.08 1.37 ± 0.18 0.135
Creatinine (mg/dL) n = 1971 n = 359 n = 588 n = 346 n = 678
0.82 ± 0.01 0.94 ± 0.01 0.93 ± 0.01 0.0011 0.69 ± 0.01 0.71 ± 0.01 <.0001
BUN (mg/dL) n = 1971 n = 359 n = 588 n = 346 n = 678
16.69 ± 0.14 17.17 ± 0.27 17.13 ± 0.32 0.1566 16.37 ± 0.26 16.18 ± 0.21 0.0379
TC (mg/dL) n = 1971 n = 359 n = 588 n = 346 n = 678
200.23 ± 0.94 193.43 ± 1.96 190.50 ± 1.67 0.0057 211.87 ± 2.14 206.79 ± 1.65 0.0011
HDL-c (mg/dL) n = 1971 n = 359 n = 588 n = 346 n = 678
49.78 ± 0.33 48.38 ± 0.73 47.77 ± 0.57 0.2112 53.10 ± 0.77 50.60 ± 0.56 0.0399
LDL-c (mg/dL) n = 1971 n = 359 n = 588 n = 346 n = 678
125.54 ± 0.82 119.29 ± 1.67 118.33 ± 1.41 0.0371 134.12 ± 1.98 131.12 ±1.47 0.0006
TG (mg/dL) n = 1971 n = 359 n = 588 n = 346 n = 678
124.59 ± 1.88 128.79 ± 4.40 122.02 ± 3.15 0.1005 123.20 ± 3.78 125.30 ± 3.49 0.2649

BUN = blood urea nitrogen; HbA1c = glycated hemoglobin; hs-CRP = high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; HDL-c = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; KNHANES = Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; LDL-c = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglycerides. hs-CRP was not measured in 2019 and 2020. Note: Values are presented as the mean ± SE. p-values have been adjusted by age. Significant difference at ** p <0.01 between pork consumers and non-consumers.