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. 2020 Apr 21;7:47. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.00047

Table 2.

Characteristics of Study Population, National Health and Nutrition Examination.

Variable Levels Overall
(n = 17,681)
Emphysema
Yes (n = 391) No (n = 17,290)
Vitamin K Yes 4,976 (32.06)
61,371,378
75 (18.79)
652,992
4,901 (32.30)
60,718,385
Vitamin A Yes 4,232 (26.78)
51,264,497
75 (7.19)
624,915
4,157 (12.59)
50,639,582
Dark-green Veg Intake Yes 1,942 (12.49)
23,916,374
27 (7.19)
250,078
1,915 (12.59)
23,666,296
Gender Female (1) 8,768 (48.43)
92,724,512
244 (58.11)
2,019,916
8,524 (48.26)
90,704,595
Male (2) 8,913 (51.56)
98,707,458
147 (41.89)
1,456,217
8,766 (51.74)
97,251,242
Race/Ethnicity Non-hispanic white (3) 8,097 (69.38)
132,824,555
286 (84.98)
2,954,148
7,811 (69.10)
129,870,407
Non-hispanic black (4) 3,579 (10.55)
20,197,763
47 191,819 (5.52) 3,532 20,005,943 (10.64)
Mexican American (1) 2,679 (8.13)
15,569,372
14 (1.72)
59,681
2665 (8.25)
15509691
Other hispanic (2) 1,787 (5.30)
10,150,921
24 86,160 17,435 (2.48) 1,763 (5.35)
1,006,4761
Other race - including multi-racial (5) 1,539 (6.63)
12,689,360
20 (5.30)
184,325
1,519 (6.65)
12,505,035
Heavy drinking status No (0) 1,5019 (85.53)
163,724,962
246 (64.23)
2,232,619
14,773 (85.92)
161,492,343
Yes (1) 2,662 (14.47)
27,707,008
145 (35.77)
1,243,514
2,517 (14.08)
26,463,494
Smoking status Never smoked (0) 9,668 (55.21)
105,683,001
27 (8.64)
300,201
9,641 (56.07)
105,382,800
Former smoker (1) 4,369 (25.22)
48,274,092
189 (50.06)
1,740,234
4,180 (24.76)
46,533,859
Someday smoker (2) 654 (3.69)
7,065,257
10 (3.44)
119,527
644 (3.70)
6,945,729
Every day smoker (3) 2,990 (15.89)
30,409,620
165 (37.86)
1,316,171
2,825 (15.48)
29,093,449
Education level Less than high school 4,347 (15.29)
29,262,368
168 (34.19)
1,188,496
4,179 (14.94)
28,073,871
High school/GED equivalent 4,047 (22.23)
42,559,180
98 (26.08)
906,455
3,949 (22.16)
41,652,725
Some college/AA equivalent 5,161 (32.10)
61,442,603
86 (26.11)
907,731
5,075
(32.21) 60,534,872
College graduate or above 4,126 (30.39)
58,167,819
39 (13.62)
473,450
4,087 (30.70)
57,694,369
Marital status Married/living with partner 10,578 (63.09)
120,766,233
190 (53.22)
1,849,998
10,388 (63.27)
118,916,235
Single 7,103 (36.91)
70,665,737
201 (46.78)
1,626,135
6,902 (36.73)
69,039,602
Age Mean
(std. error)
47.40 (0.29) 47.12 (0.29) 62.89 (0.75)
BMI 29.08 (0.10) 29.07 (0.10) 29.88 (0.55)
Cadmium 0.47 (0.01) 0.46 (0.01) 0.92 (0.03)
Total energy intake 2,161.82 (9.80) 2,164.89 (10.01) 1,995.73 (59.43)

The unit of BMI, Cadmium, and Total energy intake are (kg/m2), (ug/L), and kilocalorie, respectively. For marital status single includes: Widowed/Divorced/ Separated/Never Married.The values for categorical variables are raw frequency, (percentage), and weighted frequency, respectively. Apart from Dark Green Vegetable Intake and BMI, all the other variables had P-value < 0.05 based on bivariate association for categorical variables and linear regression for continuous variables.