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. 2019 Jan 22;16:1. doi: 10.1186/s12979-018-0141-8

Table 2.

Median suPAR change from baseline to the 5-year visit stratified according to 5-year lifestyle

N suPAR0 (IQR) suPAR5 (IQR) % increase (IQR) P-value
All participants 3225 3.26 (1.41) 3.48 (1.39) 6.3 (41.8)
Diet rating
 Unhealthy 278 3.31 (1.70) 3.77 (1.86) 10.8 (44.6)
 Average 2053 3.27 (1.43) 3.48 (1.41) 6.2 (41.1)
 Healthy 834 3.23 (1.29) 3.38 (1.26) 3.9 (43.3) 0.11
Smoking
 Daily
  ➔Daily 642 4.09 (1.83) 4.39 (2.07) 7.0 (40.5)
  ➔Occasional 33 3.25 (1.47) 3.62 (1.77) −7.8 (42.9)
  ➔Quit 238 3.85 (2.05) 3.40 (1.31) −9.1 (46.5)
 Never/occasional/former
  ➔Daily 64 3.15 (1.37) 3.55 (1.74) 16.8 (43.8)
  ➔Occasional 79 3.31 (1.07) 3.24 (0.96) 1.0 (40.2)
  ➔Former 781 3.09 (1.06) 3.30 (1.15) 5.5 (42.5)
  ➔Never 1317 3.05 (1.15) 3.30 (1.14) 8.1 (40.9)
  ➔Quit 33 3.07 (0.93) 3.47 (1.03) 13.0 (40.4) < 0.001
Alcohol intake, men
 Abstinent 92 3.32 (1.79) 3.30 (1.24) −0.6 (48.6)
 Within recommendations 1207 3.05 (1.23) 3.26 (1.33) 7.2 (41.2)
 Overuse 285 3.14 (1.36) 3.38 (1.39) 8.1 (43.3) 0.063
Alcohol intake, women
 Abstinent 165 3.50 (1.74) 3.89 (1.65) 10.8 (49.6)
 Within recommendations 1173 3.42 (1.44) 3.60 (1.29) 5.3 (41.1)
 Overuse 147 3.41 (1.47) 3.62 (1.49) 5.9 (42.9) 0.22
Physical activity
 Low activity 485 3.50 (1.60) 3.70 (1.66) 8.5 (42.4)
 Light activity 2047 3.27 (1.40) 3.49 (1.39) 6.1 (42.2)
 Moderate activity 626 3.15 (1.24) 3.35 (1.25) 5.0 (41.0)
 High activity 35 2.81 (0.78) 2.79 (0.59) 3.5 (49.4) 0.47

Median suPAR0, suPAR5, and % suPAR change from baseline to the 5-year visit stratified according to 5-year lifestyle. ➔: indicates the interaction between baseline- and 5-year smoking habits. P-values from the Kruskal-Wallis test performed on the % suPAR change. Abbreviations: CI: confidence interval; IQR: interquartile range; suPAR0: baseline suPAR; suPAR5: 5-year suPAR