Table 2.
Characteristics of the analysis sample overall and by gender. N (weighted percentages) except where indicated.
| Overall N=3,752 | Men N=1,898 | Women N=1,854 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 30–39 | 956 (35.3) | 512 (37.2) | 444 (33.6) |
| 40–49 | 1036 (25.1) | 553 (25.8) | 484 (24.4) | |
| 50–59 | 910 (18.1) | 436 (17.8) | 474 (18.3) | |
| 60–69 | 563 (14.0) | 260 (12.2) | 303 (15.7) | |
| 70–79 | 287 (7.5) | 137 (7.0) | 150 (8.0) | |
| Race | White | 1413 (59.4) | 710 (61.9) | 703 (57.0) |
| Black | 1119 (27.5) | 537 (25.1) | 582 (29.8) | |
| Hispanic | 1220 (13.1) | 651 (13.0) | 569 (13.2) | |
| Socioeconomic | Low | 1621 (26.6) | 784 (23.9) | 837 (29.2) |
| Status | Middle | 1539 (47.5) | 787 (48.9) | 751 (46.3) |
| High | 593 (25.8) | 327 (27.2) | 266 (24.6) | |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | <25.0 | 947 (30.7) | 495 (26.8) | 452 (34.3) |
| 25.0–29.9 | 1278 (32.8) | 740 (39.5) | 538 (26.7) | |
| ≥30.0 | 1528 (36.5) | 664 (33.7) | 864 (39.0) | |
| Physical | Low <100) | 1181 (25.5) | 534 (25.5) | 646 (25,4) |
| Activity (PASE) | Moderate (200–250) | 1819 (51.0) | 899 (48.2) | 920 (53.6) |
| High(>250) | 752 (24.5) | 465 (26.3) | 287 (21.0) | |
| Smoking | Never | 1760 (48.1) | 815 (45.6) | 1702 (50.2) |
| Former | 1022 (28.2) | 541 (28.9) | 776 (27.2) | |
| Current | 970 (23.7) | 542 (25.6) | 721 (22.6) | |
| Alcohol Consumption (drinks per day) | None | 1550 (34.1) | 636 (26.2) | 915 (41.3) |
| <1/day | 1410 (41.5) | 694 (40.2) | 716 (42.7) | |
| 1–2.9/day | 541 (18.6) | 362 (24.4) | 179 (13.2) | |
| ≥3/day | 250 (5.8) | 206 (9.2) | 44 (2.8) | |
| Heart disease | 370 (9.0) | 182 (9.6) | 188 (8.6) | |
| Type 2 diabetes | 395 (7.8) | 188 (8.1) | 208 (7.6) | |
| Hypertension | 1228 (27.3) | 587 (26.4) | 641 (28.1) | |
| Depression | 803 (17.5) | 317 (14.0) | 486 (20.7) | |
| Medication use | Anti-inflammatory | 2001 (57.5) | 884 (52.6) | 1117 (61.8) |
| LUTS medications | 195 (4.1) | 113 (4.4) | 82 (3.8) | |
| CRP mg/l | Mean (SE*) | 3.10 (0.20) | 2.67 (0.27) | 3.50 (0.22) |
| Median | 1.26 | 1.08 | 1.49 | |
| 25th, 75th percentiles | 0.53, 3.05 | 0.47, 2.51 | 0.60, 3.85 | |
| CRP | <1 mg/l | 1401 (42.1) | 843 (47.3) | 558 (37.3) |
| 1–3 mg/l | 1235 (32.4) | 655 (32.9) | 580 (32.0) | |
| >3 mg/l | 1116 (25.5) | 580 (19.8) | 716 (30.7) | |
| Log[CRP(mg/l)] | Mean (SE*) | 0.29 (0.04) | 0.11 (0.05) | 0.45 (0.05) |
| Median | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.40 | |
| 25th, 75th percentiles | −0.64, 1.12 | −0.76, 0.92 | −0.51, 1.35 |
*
Standard error