Table 5.

Multivariate Analysis – Cancer-specific Mortality Adjusted for Inflammatory Markers and Other Factors, Stratified by Income Level

Factors	NHANES III 1988–1994			NHANES 1999–2002
	Hazard Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P-value	Hazard Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P-value
Low Income
C-Reactive Proteina
< 0.22 mg/dL	1			1
0.22–0.99 mg/dL	1.23	0.88–1.74	0.22	0.77	0.35–1.67	0.49
> 0.99 mg/dL	1.83	1.10–3.04	0.02	1.46	0.87–2.45	0.15
Fibrinogena	1.001	1.000–1.003	0.10	0.997	0.994–1.000	0.08
Middle Income
C-Reactive Proteina
< 0.22 mg/dL	1			1
0.22–0.99 mg/dL	0.87	0.63–1.19	0.37	1.05	0.39–2.82	0.92
> 0.99 mg/dL	1.12	0.64–1.97	0.69	0.61	0.17–2.11	0.42
Fibrinogena	1.000	0.998–1.002	0.67	1.001	0.998–1.01	0.43
High Income
C-Reactive Proteina
< 0.22 mg/dL	1			1
0.22–0.99 mg/dL	0.84	0.44–1.63	0.60	1.07	0.53–2.18	0.84
> 0.99 mg/dL	1.41	0.62–3.19	0.41	2.87	0.88–9.37	0.08
Fibrinogena	1.000	0.997–1.003	0.94	1.002	0.998–1.01	0.36

^a Adjusted for gender, race, education, occupation, body mass index, smoking status, and physical activity