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Table 1 Patient characteristics according to anemia status

From: Anemia and health-related quality of life in South Korea: data from the Korean national health and nutrition examination survey 2008–2016

 

Non-anemia (n = 45,827)

Anemia (n = 4547)

p-value

Age (years)

44.86 ± 0.13

48.92 ± 0.34

< 0.001

Men (yes, %)

52.57(0.24)

18.02(0.72)

< 0.001

Height (cm)

164.68 ± 0.06

159.11 ± 0.13

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

64.86 ± 0.08

57.61 ± 0.18

< 0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.82 ± 0.02

22.74 ± 0.06

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

81.61 ± 0.08

77.65 ± 0.18

< 0.001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.45 ± 0.01

11.09 ± 0.02

< 0.001

BUN (mg/dL)

14 ± 0.03

14.74 ± 0.16

<.0001

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.85 ± 0

0.85 ± 0.02

0.846

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

95.61 ± 0.16

94.61 ± 0.48

0.033

Glucose (mg/dL)

97.67 ± 0.14

96.6 ± 0.41

0.012

Ferritina (mg/dL)

61.41(60.48–62.35)

14.72(13.76–15.74)

< 0.001

Current smoking (yes, %)

24.22(0.28)

7.03(0.46)

< 0.001

Alcohol drinking (yes, %)

60.87(0.31)

42.45(0.92)

< 0.001

Regular walking (yes, %)

41.14(0.33)

39.52(0.87)

0.075

Income (Q1) (yes, %)

14.6(0.31)

20.91(0.74)

< 0.001

Education > 9 years (yes, %)

73.76(0.36)

66.77(0.88)

< 0.001

Urban living (yes, %)

82.45(0.86)

80.28(1.17)

0.005

Spouse (yes, %)

76.96(0.35)

86.43(0.74)

< 0.001

DM (yes, %)

8.61(0.16)

11.93(0.58)

< 0.001

HTN (yes, %)

25.85(0.29)

26.05(0.78)

0.798

Hypercholesterolemia (yes, %)

13.52(0.2)

10.23(0.51)

< 0.001

CKD (yes, %)

1.53(0.06)

8.67(0.48)

< 0.001

EQ-5D (mean)

0.95 ± 0.06

0.93 ± 0.24

< 0.001

Total calorie intake (cal/day)

2069.97 ± 7.06

1721.91 ± 14.64

< 0.001

Protein intake (%)

14.78 ± 0.03

14.02 ± 0.08

< 0.001

  1. a Geometric means (95% confidence intervals)
  2. Data are presented as means ± standard errors (SE) or percentages (SE)
  3. The p-values were obtained by chi-square test or student’s t-test
  4. BUN blood urea nitrogen, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, CKD chronic kidney disease, EQ-5D EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire