Table 6.
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic syndrome, comorbidities and cancer according to lower and higher inflammation
| Variables | n | Lower inflammation (plasma CRP <0.54 mg/L) |
Higher inflammation (plasma CRP ≥0.54 mg/L) |
P value |
| Stroke | 121 | 41 (1.31) | 80 (2.03) | 0.037 |
| Myocardial infarction or angina | 68 (1.99) | 97 (2.40) | 0.332 | |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 1209 | 540 (16.58) | 699 (21.57) | <0.001 |
| Hypertriglyceridaemia | 677 | 194 (9.83) | 483 (22.15) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 744 | 243 (7.36) | 501 (14.06) | <0.001 |
| Impaired fasting glucose | 1385 | 504 (17.48) | 881 (28.85) | <0.001 |
| Hypertension | 1909 | 681 (20.87) | 1228 (34.85) | <0.001 |
| Prehypertension | 1409 | 640 (24.32) | 769 (26.96) | <0.001 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 2193 | 684 (21.81) | 1509 (44.60) | <0.001 |
| Osteoarthritis | 639 | 250 (6.83) | 389 (10.11) | <0.001 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 125 | 59 (1.76) | 66 (1.68) | 0.793 |
| Osteoporosis | 485 | 186 (4.76) | 299 (7.35) | <0.001 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 223 | 81 (2.91) | 142 (4.31) | 0.014 |
| Asthma | 157 | 64 (2.48) | 93 (2.84) | 0.483 |
| Thyroid disease | 223 | 114 (3.33) | 109 (3.29) | 0.007 |
| Atopic dermatitis | 152 | 81 (4.03) | 71 (2.83) | 0.053 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 784 | 390 (16.25) | 391 (14.42) | 0.117 |
| Gastric cancer | 42 | 20 (0.48) | 22 (0.56) | 0.654 |
| Colon cancer | 23 | 8 (0.17) | 15 (0.31) | 0.252 |
| Breast cancer | 30 | 15 (0.47) | 15 (0.38) | 0.608 |
| Cervical cancer | 38 | 20 (0.70) | 18 (0.45) | 0.215 |
| Lung cancer | 11 | 4 (0.10) | 7 (0.19) | 0.268 |
| Thyroid cancer | 59 | 27 (0.96) | 32 (0.92) | 0.906 |
Values are presented as unweighted n (weighted %).
CRP, C reactive protein.