Association of dietary patterns, anthropometric measurements, and metabolic parameters with C-reactive protein and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in middle-aged and older adults with metabolic syndrome in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study

Syauqy, Ahmad; Hsu, Chien-Yeh; Rau, Hsiao-Hsien; Chao, Jane C.-J.

doi:10.1186/s12937-018-0417-z

Table 2 Characteristics of subjects across values of C-reactive protein and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (n = 26,016) ^a

From: Association of dietary patterns, anthropometric measurements, and metabolic parameters with C-reactive protein and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in middle-aged and older adults with metabolic syndrome in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study

Variables	C-reactive protein		P ^b	Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio		P ^b
Variables	< 28.6 nmol/L	≥ 28.6 nmol/L	P ^b	< 3.0	≥ 3.0	P ^b
Sex, %			0.000			0.049
Men	68.2	59.6		64.6	65.6
Women	31.8	40.4		35.4	34.4
Age, %			0.205			0.973
35–45 y	15.8	15.0		15.4	15.5
46–60 y	55.4	55.6		55.4	55.6
> 60 y	28.9	29.4		29.2	28.9
Marital status, %			0.043			0.009
Not married	3.0	3.5		3.2	3.0
Married	84.6	84.3		84.0	85.5
Divorced	12.4	12.2		12.7	11.5
Education, %			0.000			0.247
Low	51.7	54.1		52.5	52.9
High	48.3	45.9		47.5	47.1
Occupation, %			0.000			0.004
Professional	48.3	43.6		47.0	45.2
Not professional	31.2	35.7		32.9	33.0
Unemployed/retired	20.5	20.7		20.1	21.8
Current smoking, %			0.000			0.000
No	96.9	95.0		96.4	95.5
Yes	3.1	5.0		3.6	4.5
Current drinking status, %			0.000			0.000
No	96.4	94.0		95.9	94.2
Yes	3.6	6.0		4.1	5.8
Physical activity, %			0.000			0.000
Low	48.8	51.2		41.3	49.6
Moderate	45.5	42.3		52.8	43.9
High	5.8	6.5		5.9	6.4
Western dietary pattern, %			0.000			0.000
T1, n	34.4	31.7		34.7	30.2
T2, n	33.5	33.1		32.9	34.2
T3, n	32.1	35.2		32.4	35.6
Prudent dietary patterns, %			0.000			0.000
T1, n	31.7	36.0		32.9	34.4
T2, n	31.4	36.2		32.8	34.5
T3, n	36.9	27.8		34.3	31.1
Body mass index, kg/m²	26.9 ± 2.3	27.6 ± 2.8	0.000	27.0 ± 2.4	27.4 ± 2.6	0.000
Body fat, %	26.7 ± 4.3	28.0 ± 4.7	0.000	27.0 ± 4.4	27.6 ± 4.6	0.000
Waist circumference, cm	92.0 ± 6.5	94.4 ± 8.6	0.000	92.1 ± 6.9	94.6 ± 8.1	0.000
Hip circumference, cm	100.0 ± 5.9	101.5 ± 6.7	0.000	100.2 ± 6.1	101.3 ± 6.3	0.000
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.92 ± 0.07	0.93 ± 0.07	0.000	0.92 ± 0.06	0.94 ± 8.13	0.000
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	120 ± 30	124 ± 33	0.000	120 ± 31	125 ± 32	0.000
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	74 ± 20	75 ± 19	0.000	74 ± 20	75 ± 19	0.000
High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, mmol/L	1.19 ± 0.34	1.12 ± 0.31	0.000	1.17 ± 0.34	1.15 ± 0.07	0.026
Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, mmol/L	3.61 ± 0.83	3.75 ± 0.87	0.000	3.62 ± 0.83	3.73 ± 0.89	0.000
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	5.19 ± 0.87	5.29 ± 0.89	0.000	5.20 ± 0.86	5.30 ± 0.92	0.000
Triglycerides, mmol/L	1.96 ± .37	2.17 ± 1.34	0.000	2.01 ± 1.39	2.09 ± 1.30	0.000
Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L	6.11 ± 1.54	6.76 ± 2.43	0.000	6.20 ± 1.73	6.67 ± 2.29	0.000

^aData are presented as % for categorical variables and mean ± SD for continuous variables
^bP-values were derived from chi-square test for categorical variables and general linear regression for continuous variables

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