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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of study population by vital status

From: Ability of a biomarker-based score to predict death from circulatory disease and cancer in NHANES III

 

Survivors (N=9,975)

Deaths from all causes (N=3,081)

Mean Age (years) (SE)

39.14 (0.31)

65.53 (0.55)

Gender

  

Men

47.48

49.50

Women

52.52

50.50

Mean follow-up time (months) (SE)

174.14 (2.60)

95.17 (1.91)

Race - Ethnicity

  

Non-Hispanic white

74.40

80.71

Non-Hispanic black

10.98

11.99

Mexican American

5.33

2.53

Other

9.28

4.78

Poverty to income ratio

  

<1.4

18.66

25.98

1.4-3.17

33.47

37.10

≥3.17

47.87

36.92

Comorbidity Index (CCI)

  

0

0.43

0.08

2

69.22

32.32

3

22.85

35.05

4+

7.51

32.55

Alcohol consumption

  

Never

42.54

62.34

Up to once a week

20.27

13.77

2-3 times a week

15.27

6.70

4-6 times a week

12.33

6.47

Daily or more

9.59

10.72

Smoking behaviour

  

Never

49.59

37.49

Former

22.57

35.68

Current

27.84

26.83

Vigorous Physical activity

8.44

24.91

BMI (kg/m2)

  

<18.50

2.53

3.37

18.50-24.99

44.38

35.16

25.00-29.99

31.71

35.67

>30.00

21.38

25.80

CRP (mg/l)

  

Mean (SE)

0.38 (0.01)

0.66 (0.02)

>10

5.40

14.94

Albumin (g/l)

  

Mean (SE)

41.88 (0.17)

40.00 (0.17)

<35

2.28

6.50

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

  

Mean (SE)

106.81 (39.29)

94.02 (35.09)

<1.03

22.48

28.38

Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)

  

Mean (SE)

27.85 (0.54)

38.71 (1.28)

>36

16.80

25.23

Mortality score

  

0

61.60

47.11

1

30.54

34.95

2

7.18

14.35

3

0.65

2.99

4

0.02

0.61

Cancer-specific death (ICD10: C00-C99)

 

24.01

Circulatory death (ICD10: I00-I99)

 

41.53