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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants

From: Association of marine PUFAs intakes with cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular mortality in American adult male patients with dyslipidemia: the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001 to 2016

Characteristic

Overall

N = 11,848 1

CVD prevalence

N = 1790 1

P-value 2

ALL-cause mortality

N = 2271 1

P-value 2

CVD mortality

N = 749 1

P-value 2

Age

  

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  < 60

7,619 (75.6%)

438 (33.7%)

 

491 (36.2%)

 

124 (28.2%)

 

  >  = 60

4,229 (24.4%)

1,352 (66.3%)

 

1,780 (63.8%)

 

625 (71.8%)

 

BMI

  

 < 0.001

 

0.090

 

0.017

  < 30

7,338 (61.6%)

1,016 (53.8%)

 

1,425 (59.2%)

 

457 (55.3%)

 

  >  = 30

4,510 (38.4%)

774 (46.2%)

 

846 (40.8%)

 

292 (44.7%)

 

Race

  

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 Mexican American

2,025 (8.5%)

178 (3.9%)

 

230 (3.4%)

 

72 (2.9%)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

2,060 (8.4%)

318 (8.9%)

 

375 (8.9%)

 

125 (8.9%)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

5,968 (72.6%)

1,126 (81.2%)

 

1,501 (81.6%)

 

503 (82.1%)

 

 Other Hispanic

932 (4.9%)

96 (2.3%)

 

101 (3.3%)

 

28 (3.2%)

 

 Other Race

863 (5.7%)

72 (3.6%)

 

64 (2.7%)

 

21 (2.9%)

 

Education

  

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 Less than 12th grade

3,116 (16.5%)

573 (25.7%)

 

793 (26.9%)

 

262 (26.6%)

 

 GED or equivalent

2,824 (23.9%)

433 (25.8%)

 

585 (28.1%)

 

189 (27.8%)

 

 College or AA degree

3,120 (29.6%)

439 (25.5%)

 

505 (25.8%)

 

166 (25.2%)

 

 College or above

2,788 (30.0%)

345 (23.0%)

 

388 (19.2%)

 

132 (20.4%)

 

Marriage

  

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 Married

8,443 (71.4%)

1,240 (72.5%)

 

1,535 (68.3%)

 

515 (69.0%)

 

 Never married

1,558 (14.9%)

103 (6.5%)

 

149 (8.2%)

 

45 (6.3%)

 

 Separated

1,847 (13.7%)

447 (20.9%)

 

587 (23.5%)

 

189 (24.7%)

 

PIR

  

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  <  = 1.30

2,994 (16.7%)

526 (21.2%)

 

655 (20.4%)

 

217 (20.4%)

 

 1.30 ~ 1.85

1,400 (9.1%)

238 (11.2%)

 

338 (13.3%)

 

119 (14.3%)

 

  > 1.85

7,454 (74.2%)

1,026 (67.7%)

 

1,278 (66.2%)

 

413 (65.3%)

 

Smoke

6,802 (54.8%)

1,277 (72.1%)

 < 0.001

1,638 (73.1%)

 < 0.001

506 (68.0%)

 < 0.001

Drink

9,981 (85.5%)

1,474 (84.3%)

0.380

1,829 (80.9%)

 < 0.001

587 (78.1%)

 < 0.001

Sport

6,242 (60.1%)

705 (44.4%)

 < 0.001

890 (45.4%)

 < 0.001

288 (46.0%)

 < 0.001

Hypertension

4,668 (34.7%)

1,314 (69.3%)

 < 0.001

1,340 (55.2%)

 < 0.001

471 (61.3%)

 < 0.001

Diabetes

2,024 (12.8%)

619 (30.1%)

 < 0.001

660 (26.4%)

 < 0.001

226 (28.8%)

 < 0.001

Arthritis

972 (8.2%)

273 (17.2%)

 < 0.001

303 (14.6%)

 < 0.001

116 (16.2%)

 < 0.001

Cancer

1,268 (10.1%)

399 (22.7%)

 < 0.001

555 (23.9%)

 < 0.001

152 (21.6%)

 < 0.001

Total energy intake (kcal)

2,334.0 (1,837.5,2,955.6)

2,021.3 (1,627.8,2,545.4)

 < 0.001

2,020.2 (1,583.9,2,536.2)

 < 0.001

1,992.5 (1,562.0,2,494.4)

 < 0.001

Total fat intake (g)

87.1 (64.2,117.6)

77.7 (56.4,101.1)

 < 0.001

76.4 (56.0,102.3)

 < 0.001

73.7 (55.1,98.3)

 < 0.001

Total cholesterol intake (g)

294.0 (187.5,442.1)

267.4 (166.3,408.1)

 < 0.001

276.5 (161.5,405.0)

 < 0.001

271.0 (154.0,415.4)

0.004

DPA (mg)

15.0 (4.0,29.0)

12.0 (3.0,24.0)

 < 0.001

9.0 (0.0,22.0)

 < 0.001

9.0 (0.0,21.5)

 < 0.001

EPA (mg)

9.0 (3.5,22.0)

7.5 (3.0,19.5)

0.079

6.5 (2.5,18.5)

 < 0.001

6.0 (2.0,17.5)

 < 0.001

DHA (mg)

30.0 (7.5,75.0)

27.4 (7.0,66.5)

0.150

28.0 (7.0,70.0)

0.210

27.0 (5.4,64.0)

0.110

  1. CVD prevalence including: congestive heart failure (n = 521), coronary heart disease (n = 860), angina (n = 465), myocardial infarction (n = 851) and stroke (n = 508)
  2. BMI body mass index, PIR ratio of family income to poverty, DPA docosapentaenoic acid, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA hexadecapentaenoic acid
  3. 1n (unweighted) (%); Median (25%,75%)
  4. 2Wald test of independence for complex survey samples; Wilcoxon rank-sum test for complex survey samples
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