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. 2025 Mar 24;15:1573216. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1573216

Table 2.

Demographics of the participants in the zhengzhou2023 cohort.

Feature Ward.CRC (n=10) Ward.Relative (n=10) Ward.Staff (n=19) P value
Gender (n)
Female 5 5 10 1.000
Male 5 5 19
Age (year) [mean (SD)] 58.9(4.032) 38.5(4.443) 44.26(2.123) 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) [mean (SD)] 22.2(0.987) 22.9(0.674) 25.2(0.852) 0.049
Age (year) [mean (SD)] 44.079(11.917) 46.082(11.733) 46.082(11.733) 0.436
Waist (cm) [mean (SD)] 72.7(1.325) 75.8(6.46) 83.09(10.818) 0.009
Hip (cm) [mean (SD)] 163.6(2.596) 167.5(2.557) 169.276(1.9) 0.223
Weight(kg)[mean(SD)] 60.3(4.417) 64.2(3.073 72.763(3.412) 0.055
Lifestyles [n(n%)]
Whole grains
No 3(30.00) 2(20.00) 4(21.05) 0.889
Yes 7(70.00) 8(70.00) 15(78.95)
Probiotics
No 6(60.00) 4(40.00) 8(42.11) 0.707
Yes 4(40.00) 6(60.00) 11(57.89)
Red meat >150 g/w
No 6(60.00) 5(50.00) 8(42.1) 0.920
Yes 4(40.00) 5(50.00) 11(57.9)
White meat >150 g/w
No 6(60.00) 5(50.00) 9(47.4) 1.000
Yes 4(40.00) 5(50.00) 10(52.6)
Smoking
No 6(60.00) 8(80.00) 10(52.63) 0.473
Yes 4(40.00) 2(20.00) 9(47.37)
Drinking
No 7(70.00) 7(70.00) 11(57.89) 0.755
Yes 3(30.00) 3(30.00) 8(42.11)
Colonoscopy within 5 years
No 0(0.00) 10(100.00) 9(47.37) 0.001
Yes 10(100.00) 0(0.00) 10(52.63)

Continuous variables were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), whereas categorical variables were assessed using the chi-square test.