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. 2014 Jul 12;14:57. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-14-57

Table 1.

General characteristics of study participants by γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) tertiles

  Tertiles of serum GGT p
 
Tertile 1 (0 ~ 22 U/L)
Tertile 2 (23 ~ 34 U/L)
Tertile 3 (35 ~ 73 U/L)
 
Men (n = 2424)
N = 822
N = 800
N = 802
 
 Age (years)
56.2 ± 0.5
54.0 ± 0.5
52.6 ± 0.4
<0.001
 Body mass index (kg/m2)
22.8 ± 0.1
24.1 ± 0.1
24.6 ± 0.1
<0.001
 Smoking
 
 
 
<0.001
  Non-smoker
163(21.5%)
131(15.1%)
106(12.7%)
 
  Ex-smoker
454(49.5%)
393(46.4%)
351(39.3%)
 
  Current-smoker
205(29.0%)
276(38.5%)
345(48.0%)
 
 Alcohol drinking
 
 
 
<0.001
  Non-drinker
375(45.7%)
238(27.1%)
138(17.5%)
 
  Current-drinker1
447(54.3%)
562(72.9%)
664(82.5%)
 
 Physical activity
 
 
 
 
  Inactive
677(82.4%)
684(84.3%)
683(85.1%)
0.485
  Active2
145(17.6%)
116(15.7%)
119(14.9%)
 
 
Tertile 1 (0 ~ 14 U/L)
Tertile 2 (15 ~ 19 U/L)
Tertile 3 (20 ~ 48 U/L)
 
Women (n = 3652)
N = 1273
N = 1101
N = 1278
 
 Age (years)
53.1 ± 0.4
55.6 ± 0.4
56.5 ± 0.4
<0.001
 Body mass index (kg/m2)
22.9 ± 0.1
23.6 ± 0.1
24.7 ± 0.1
<0.001
 Smoking
 
 
 
0.174
  Non-smoker
1192(92.8%)
1019(91.9%)
1174(90.6%)
 
  Ex-smoker
41(3.8%)
41(3.7%)
45(3.5%)
 
  Current-smoker
40(3.4%)
41(4.4%)
59(5.8%)
 
 Alcohol drinking
 
 
 
0.008
  Non-drinker
913(68.9%)
741(62.6%)
831(62.3%)
 
  Current-drinker1
360(31.1%)
360(37.4%)
447(37.7%)
 
 Physical activity
 
 
 
 
  Inactive
1079(86.1%)
964(87.9%)
1087(83.8%)
0.073
  Active2 194(13.9%) 137(12.1%) 191(16.2%)  

All statistics are results from complex survey data analyses.

1participants with alcohol drinking on one or more times of the past 30 days.

2participants with moderate or vigorous physical activity on 5 or more days of the past 7 days.