Table 1.
Participant characteristics according to high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels. [MetS=metabolic syndrome.]
| Characteristics | Total participants | hsCRP (mg/L) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (<1.0) | Moderately increased (1.0–3.0) | Highly increased (>3.0) | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Overall | 7470 | 5581 | 1397 | 492 | |
| Sex | <0.0001 | ||||
| Men | 3774 (50.5) | 2687 (71.1) | 806 (21.4) | 281 (7.5) | |
| Women | 3696 (49.5) | 2894 (78.3) | 591 (16.0) | 211 (5.7) | |
| Age (years) | 0.7118 | ||||
| 20–39 | 3176 (42.5) | 2389 (75.2) | 571 (18.0) | 216 (6.8) | |
| 40–59 | 4294 (57.5) | 3192 (74.3) | 826 (19.2) | 276 (6.5) | |
| Education level | 0.3780 | ||||
| Middle school | 595 (8.0) | 430 (72.3) | 132 (22.2) | 33 (5.5) | |
| High school | 2858 (38.3) | 2119 (74.1) | 555 (19.5) | 184 (6.4) | |
| ≥College | 4017 (53.7) | 3032 (75.5) | 710 (17.7) | 275 (6.8) | |
| Household income (quartile) | <0.0001 | ||||
| 1st | 432 (5.7) | 314 (72.7) | 85 (19.7) | 33 (7.6) | |
| 2nd | 1538 (20.6) | 1097 (71.3) | 318 (20.7) | 123 (8.0) | |
| 3rd | 2530 (33.9) | 1889 (74.7) | 480 (19.0) | 161 (6.3) | |
| 4th | 2970 (39.8) | 2281 (76.8) | 514 (17.3) | 175 (5.9) | |
| Smoking | <0.0001 | ||||
| None | 4270 (57.2) | 3307 (77.5) | 709 (16.6) | 254 (5.9) | |
| Past | 1461 (19.6) | 1061 (72.6) | 300 (20.5) | 100 (6.9) | |
| Current | 1739 (23.2) | 1213 (69.8) | 388 (22.3) | 138 (7.9) | |
| Drinking | 0.3420 | ||||
| None | 1090 (14.6) | 802 (73.6) | 210 (19.2) | 78 (7.2) | |
| Moderate | 5266 (70.5) | 3982 (75.6) | 395 (18.1) | 331 (6.3) | |
| Severe | 1114 (14.9) | 797 (71.5) | 234 (21.0) | 83 (7.5) | |
| MetS | <0.0001 | ||||
| No | 6020 (80.6) | 4766 (79.2) | 925 (15.4) | 329 (5.4) | |
| Yes | 1450 (19.4) | 815 (56.2) | 472 (32.6) | 163 (11.2) | |
| Shift work | 0.3973 | ||||
| No | 6205 (83.1) | 4627 (72.6) | 1162 (18.7) | 416 (6.7) | |
| Yes | 1265 (16.9) | 954 (75.4) | 235 (18.6) | 76 (6.0) | |
| Long work hours | 0.0004 | ||||
| No | 6314 (84.5) | 4770 (75.5) | 1141 (18.1) | 403 (6.4) | |
| Yes | 1156 (15.5) | 811 (70.2) | 256 (22.1) | 89 (7.7) | |