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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: The association between combustible/electronic cigarette use and stroke based on national health and nutrition examination survey

 

All participants

(n = 4022)

Stroke group

(n = 201)

Normal group

(n = 3821)

P value

Age (year)

55.0 (43.0, 65.0)

63.0 (55.0, 70.0)

55.0 (42.0, 64.0)

< 0.001

Gender (Male, %)

48.3

50.20

48.20

0.612

Race (%)

   

< 0.001

Non-Hispanic White

32.0

34.8

31.9

 

Non-Hispanic Black

24.3

37.8

23.6

 

Mexican American

13.5

8.0

13.7

 

Other Hispanic

9.9

4.5

10.2

 

Other races

20.3

14.9

20.6

 

Education attainment (%)

   

< 0.001

Below high school

20.6

25.4

20.4

 

High School

22.8

31.3

22.3

 

Above high school

56.6

43.3

57.3

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

29.0 (25.4, 34.0)

30.3 (25.6, 35.1)

28.9 (25.4, 33.9)

0.253

Diabetes (Yes, %)

26.1

45.3

25.0

< 0.001

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

95.0 (88.0, 105.0)

97.0 (89.0, 118.0)

95.0 (88.0, 105.0)

0.029

Hemoglobin A1c (%)

5.7 (5.4, 6.1)

5.9 (5.5, 6.6)

5.7 (5.4, 6.1)

< 0.001

Hypertension (Yes, %)

42.3

76.6

40.5

< 0.001

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

123.0 (88.0, 178.0)

129.5 (91.2, 178.8)

123.0 (88.0, 178.0)

0.268

Total-to-HDL cholesterol

3.7 (2.9, 4.5)

3.5 (2.7, 4.3)

3.7 (3.0, 4.6)

0.010

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

104.6 (81.2, 133.4)

80.4 (60.5, 105.5)

105.6 (82.4, 134.6)

< 0.001

Cigarette use (%)

   

< 0.001

Nonsmokers

74.9

63.7

75.5

 

Sole e-cigarette use

5.8

6.0

5.8

 

Sole combustible cigarette use

9.5

16.9

9.2

 

Dual use

9.8

13.4

9.6

 

Alcohol consumption (Yes, %)

83.8

83.6

83.8

1.000

  1. eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate