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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics according to their self-rated health (n = 4521)

From: The associations of self-rated health with cardiovascular risk proteins: a proteomics approach

 

Self-rated health

pa

Lower than or equal to 5 (n = 2356)

Higher than 5 (n = 2165)

Age (years)

57.3 (± 5.86)

57.7 (± 6.08)

0.04

Sex (male, %)

875 (37.1%)

888 (41.0%)

< 0.01

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.9 (± 4.17)

25.2 (± 3.57)

< 0.0001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

141.7 (± 19.8)

139.7 (± 17.7)

< 0.001

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.17 (± 0.99)

4.16 (± 0.96)

0.78

Smoker (%)

670 (28.4%)

498 (23.0%)

< 0.0001

Anti-hypertensive medication (%)

439 (18.6%)

235 (10.9%)

< 0.0001

High alcohol consumption (%)

94 (3.99%)

64 (2.96%)

0.06

High education (%)

646 (27.4%)

615 (28.4%)

0.46

Living alone (%)

579 (24.6%)

462 (21.3%)

< 0.01

Low physical activity (%)

603 (25.6%)

466 (21.5%)

< 0.01

Diabetes (%)

212 (9.00%)

130 (6.00%)

< 0.001

Comorbidity (%)b

841 (35.7%)

517 (23.9%)

< 0.0001

Sleep duration per day (%)

 ≤ 6 h

332 (14.1%)

181 (8.36%)

< 0.0001

 6–8 h

1250 (53.1%)

1233 (57.0%)

< 0.01

 ≥ 8 h

774 (32.9%)

751 (34.7%)

0.19

Unemployment (%)

111 (4.71%)

86 (3.97%)

0.22

Psychiatric medication (%)

163 (6.92%)

42 (1.94%)

< 0.0001

  1. Values expressed are means (± standard deviation) or percentages
  2. aAnalysis of variance or logistic regression analysis
  3. bComorbidity included ventricular ulcer, cancer, asthma/chronic bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and kidney stone