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Table 1 Structure and characteristics of the complete case dataset from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey study period, 2009–2006 to investigate the effect of chronic hepatitis C virus infection on the monocyte-to-platelet ratio

From: Influence of chronic hepatitis C infection on the monocyte-to-platelet ratio: data analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2009–2016)

Variable Name

Level

Total

Low MPR

High MPR

Rao-Scott X^2a

 

.

5281 [64,245,530]b

2754 (0.54)

2527 (0.45)

 

Chronic HCV = Positive (%)

.

122

42 (0.90)

80 (2.5)

< 0.001

Age (mean [SD])

.

.

42.74 (13.64)

43.93 (14.36)

0.054

Sex = Male

.

2759

1220 (40.3)

1539 (65.1)

< 0.001

Race (%)

.

   

< 0.001

 

Black

1079

626 (10.9)

453 (9.0)

 
 

White

2127

1091 (65.4)

1036 (71.3)

 
 

Hispanic

1377

797 (15.4)

580 (13.5)

 
 

Other

698

455 (8.30)

243 (6.20)

 

General Health (%)

.

   

0.022

 

Excellent

462

277 (10.80)

185 (8.80)

 
 

Very Good

1487

877 (35.30)

610 (32.30)

 
 

Good

3188

1747 (52.40)

1441 (56.60)

 
 

Poor

144

68 (1.50)

76 (2.30)

 

Transfusion = Yes (%)

.

427

242 (7.80)

185 (8.3)

0.723

Needle Use = Yes (%)

.

146

63 (2.60)

83 (3.10)

0.479

Married = Lives Alone (%)

.

2094

1202 (36.0)

892 (34.50)

0.312

Social Economic Status (%)

.

   

0.88

 

≤  1.30

1650

887 (20.70)

763 (21.80)

 
 

≤  1.85

699

396 (11.10)

303 (10.80)

 
 

>  1.85

2824

1624 (66.3)

1200 (65.5)

 

White Blood Cell Count (mean [SD])

.

.

6.81 (1.93)

8.00 (2.34)

< 0.001

Cancer Diagnosis = Yes (%)

.

311

186 (8.70)

125 (6.90)

0.028

Anemia = Yes (%)

.

515

117 (3.70)

62 (2.10)

0.006

Diabetes Diagnosis (%)

    

0.003

 

Not Diabetic

4663

2672 (92.2)

1991 (88.6)

 
 

Pre-Diabetic

103

49 (1.40)

54 (2.30)

 
 

Diabetic

515

248 (6.40)

267 (9.10)

 

Average Alcohol Consumption per Day (mean [SD])

.

.

3.30 (29.13)

3.54 (15.22)

0.789

  1. a The Rao-Scott Chi Square test was used to test for independence between each of the described covariates and monocyte-to-platelet ratio in survey weighted data (α = 0.05)
  2. Percentages represent the unweighted population of the NHANES study base
  3. b the weighted survey sample number of participants with complete case data in the study