Table 2.
Summary statistics for the biomarker-based health indicators
| |
N |
Mean |
std. |
Percentiles |
Age-Gradient |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | 50th | 75th | of median | ||||
|
Total cholesterol (Chol) (mg/dL) |
|||||||
| Female |
571 |
115.1 |
29.8 |
92.7 |
112.0 |
135.1 |
0.43 ∗∗ |
| Male |
336 |
103.5 |
37.9 |
83.0 |
100.4 |
119.7 |
0.64 ∗∗ |
| Total |
907 |
110.8 |
33.5 |
88.8 |
108.1 |
131.3 |
0.36 ∗∗ |
|
High-density cholesterol (HDL) (mg/dL) |
|||||||
| Female |
571 |
33.4 |
11.6 |
27.0 |
30.9 |
42.5 |
0.00 |
| Male |
336 |
28.4 |
9.89 |
23.2 |
27.0 |
34.7 |
0.18 ∗∗ |
| Total |
907 |
31.6 |
11.2 |
23.2 |
30.9 |
38.6 |
-0.06 |
|
Chol/HDL Ratio |
|||||||
| Female |
571 |
3.78 |
1.57 |
2.87 |
3.45 |
4.22 |
0.014 ∗∗ |
| Male |
336 |
3.97 |
1.73 |
3.00 |
3.63 |
4.40 |
0.002 |
| Total |
907 |
3.85 |
1.63 |
2.90 |
3.50 |
4.29 |
0.005 ∗ |
|
Low-density cholesterol (LDL) (mg/dL) |
|||||||
| Female |
571 |
61.9 |
23.1 |
46.3 |
57.9 |
77.2 |
0.30 ∗∗ |
| Male |
336 |
53.9 |
28.5 |
38.6 |
50.2 |
65.6 |
0.45 ∗∗ |
| Total |
907 |
58.9 |
25.5 |
42.5 |
57.9 |
73.4 |
0.20 ∗ |
|
Creatinine (mg/dL) |
|||||||
| Female |
571 |
0.67 |
0.17 |
0.54 |
0.66 |
0.76 |
0.002 ∗∗ |
| Male |
336 |
0.84 |
0.19 |
0.71 |
0.81 |
0.94 |
0.000 |
| Total |
907 |
0.73 |
0.20 |
0.60 |
0.71 |
0.84 |
0.002 ∗ |
|
Albumin (g/dL) |
|||||||
| Female |
571 |
3.66 |
0.49 |
3.39 |
3.66 |
3.94 |
-0.003 ∗∗ |
| Male |
336 |
3.55 |
0.51 |
3.25 |
3.52 |
3.84 |
-0.008 ∗∗ |
| Total |
907 |
3.62 |
0.50 |
3.33 |
3.62 |
3.91 |
-0.006 + |
|
C-reactive protein (CRP) |
|||||||
| Female |
561 |
3.82 |
11.0 |
0.20 |
0.50 |
2.30 |
0.006 ∗ |
| Male |
332 |
4.99 |
12.2 |
0.20 |
0.80 |
3.00 |
0.013 ∗ |
| Total | 893 | 4.26 | 11.5 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 2.60 | 0.002 ∗∗ |
Age gradient of median is the coef of a quantile regression of the 50th percentile on age. p-values: + p<0.10, ∗p<0.05, ∗∗p<0.01.