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. 2015 May 22;10(5):e0126927. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126927

Table 1. Demographic and health-related characteristics of hypertensive participants by their cancer status based on KNHANES 1 III (2005), IV (2007–2009), and V (2010–2012).

Characteristics Cancer 3 Noncancer 3 P-value 4
Sample size (n) 102 10932
Men 62(62.8) 4591(46.7) 0.008
Age (year) 69.3±1.13 61.3±1.15 <0.001
Height (cm) 158.5±1.27 159.7±1.28 0.359
Body weight (kg) 56.1±1.47 64.4±1.48 <0.001
Total energy intake (kcal/day) 1674.78±92.57 1795.48±94.48 0.202
Study weight 698.92±69.34 250.51±71.40 <0.001
Education
≤Elementary school 64(63.6) 5563(48.3) 0.017
Middle school 16(16.8) 1563(15.1)
High school 17(16.6) 2266(23.6)
≥College 4(3.0)) 1187(13.0)
Marital status
Single 0(0) 183(2.7) 0.404
Married 72(72.7) 7619(72.1)
Widowed/divorced/separated 30(27.3) 2888(25.3)
Household income
Low 50(47.6) 3832(32.3) 0.004
Middle-low 22(29.9) 2687(25.9)
Middle-high 21(17.1) 2088(20.9)
High 7(5.4) 1906(20.9)
Private insurance
Yes 25(24.5) 4175(51.1) <0.001
No 70(75.5) 4916(48.9)
Comorbidity
Dyslipidemia 13(12.4) 2032(21.7) 0.098
Diabetes 26(22.0) 2224(20.1) 0.682
Ischemic heart disease 14(9.7) 725(6.0) 0.125
Stroke 6(4.9) 763(6.2 0.601
Asthma 6(4.2) 534(4.4) 0.921
COPD 2 2(0.9) 146(1.0) 0.926
Arthritis 28(27.6) 3154(25.0) 0.623
Thyroid disease 5(2.4) 413(3.7) 0.376
Depression 5(2.3) 612(5.5) 0.076

1KNHANES: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

2COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

3Results were expressed as the mean ± standard error (SE) or unweighted numbers (weighted %).

Percentages were weighted using NHANES sampling weights.

4P-values were obtained from the complex samples crosstabs and the complex samples general linear model.