Table 3.
Vitamin B status and markers of inflammation according to age-corrected RTL and RTL quartiles
| Age-corrected RTL quartiles | 1st (n = 739) < 0.0140 |
2nd (n = 748) 0.0141–0.0280 |
3rd (n = 738) 0.0281–0.0509 |
4th (n = 743) > 0.0510 |
p value | p value 1–3 vs 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCY (µmol/L) | 12.8 (8.5–20.1) | 12.4 (8.1–19.9) | 12.2 (7.9–21.2) | 11.7 (7.8–18.6) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| 12.5 (8.1–20.3) | ||||||
| Vitamin B6 (µg/L) | 8.8 (3.7–21.7) | 8.6 (3.4–22.4) | 8.4 (3.4–21.7) | 9.7 (3.6–23.6) | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| 8.6 (3.5–21.9) | ||||||
| hs-CRP (mg/L) | 3.19 (0.66–21.66) | 3.54 (0.71–24.20) | 3.55 (0.73–20.60) | 3.05 (0.53–20.25) | 0.067 | 0.017 |
| 3.43 (0.70–21.90) | ||||||
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 3.34 (1.23–11.50) | 3.43 (1.22–11.95) | 3.26 (1.17–11.59) | 2.82 (1.07–9.87) | 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| 3.34 (1.21–11.59) | ||||||
| RTL quartiles | 1st (n = 739) < 0.8915 |
2nd (n = 748) 0.8916–1.7881 |
3rd (n = 738) 1.7882–3.1088 |
4th (n = 743) > 3.1089 |
p value | p value 1–3 vs 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCY (µmol/L) | 12.6 (8.3–19.6) | 12.3 (8.14–19.7) | 12.2 (7.8–20.7) | 12.0 (8.1–19.1) | 0.085 | 0.298 |
| 12.4 (8.1–20.0) | ||||||
| Vitamin B6 (µg/L) | 9.0 (3.8–22.0) | 8.6 (3.3–21.7) | 8.7 (3.5–22.0) | 9.4 (3.4–23.6) | 0.244 | 0.328 |
| 8.7 (3.5–21.9) | ||||||
| hs-CRP (mg/L) | 3.08 (0.66–21.87) | 3.47 (0.66–22.90) | 3.72 (0.74–19.67) | 3.06 (0.59–21.50) | 0.110 | 0.166 |
| 3.43 (0.69–21.60) | ||||||
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 3.31 (1.21–11.47) | 3.32 (1.15–11.21) | 3.33 (1.26–11.16) | 2.91 (1.10–10.72) | 0.026 | 0.001 |
| 3.32 (1.21–11.29) | ||||||
Variables are reported as median (10–90th percentiles). Statistically significant differences are reported in bold