Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants.

From: Linear inverse association between prognostic nutritional index and colorectal cancer risk based on NHANES data

Variables

Overall

Quartiles of PNI

P value

N = 26,229

Q1 (N = 6,557)

Q2 (N = 6,557)

Q3 (N = 6,557)

Q4 (N = 6,558)

Age (%)

     

< 0.001

 < 65

76.52%

69.42%

71.83%

78.10%

86.72%

 

 ≥ 65

23.48%

30.58%

28.17%

21.90%

13.28%

 

Gender (%)

     

< 0.001

 Male

48.62%

31.20%

43.98%

52.28%

67.02%

 

 Female

51.38%

68.80%

56.02%

47.72%

32.98%

 

Race (%)

     

< 0.001

 Mexican American

15.60%

14.84%)

15.19%

17.04%

15.34%

 

 Other Hispanic

10.79%

11.03%

10.93%

10.93%

10.25%

 

 Non-Hispanic White

42.44%

38.36%

41.83%

44.35%

45.21%

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

20.13%

28.66%

22.13%

15.69%

14.04%

 

 Other races

11.05%

7.12%

9.91%

11.99%

15.16%

 

Education level (%)

     

< 0.001

 Under high school

25.51%

29.72%

25.88%

24.58%

21.85%

 

 High school

22.55%

22.65%

22.53%

22.62%

22.42%

 

 Above high school

51.94%

47.63%

51.59%

52.80%

55.73%

 

Marital status (%)

     

< 0.001

 Marrird or living with partner

59.64%

54.67%

59.81%

62.65%

61.44%

 

 Living alone

40.36%

45.33%

40.19%

37.35%

38.56%

 

BMI (%)

     

< 0.001

 Normal (BMI < 25 kg/m2)

29.08%

19.19%

25.82%

30.96%

40.36%

 

 Overweight (25 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2)

33.19%

27.18%

33.31%

36.31%

35.97%

 

 Obese(BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)

37.73%

53.64%

40.87%

32.73%

23.67%

 

PIR (%)

     

< 0.001

 ≤ 1.0

22.79%

26.34%

22.19%

20.97%

21.67%

 

 1.0–3.0

42.15%

44.50%

43.13%

40.72%

40.24%

 

> 3.0

35.06%

29.16%

34.68%

38.31%

38.09%

 

Waist [cm]

99.40 ± 16.41

105.61 ± 18.25

100.42 ± 15.78

97.69 ± 15.10

93.90 ± 13.96

< 0.001

PNI

42.55 ± 3.42

38.17 ± 2.27

41.64 ± 0.63

43.71 ± 0.67

46.67 ± 1.60

< 0.001

WBC count [103/µL]

7.24 ± 2.49

7.47 ± 2.60

7.15 ± 2.80

7.06 ± 2.26

7.26 ± 2.25

< 0.001

MONO count [103/µL]

0.55 ± 0.21

0.56 ± 0.21

0.55 ± 0.19

0.55 ± 0.23

0.56 ± 0.20

< 0.001

NE count [103/µL]

4.27 ± 1.81

4.53 ± 2.15

4.23 ± 1.83

4.13 ± 1.57

4.21 ± 1.62

< 0.001

PLT count [103/µL]

243.46 ± 64.53

253.13 ± 73.91

241.19 ± 63.97

240.00 ± 61.11

239.53 ± 56.94

< 0.001

HDL [mmol/L]

1.37 ± 0.42

1.35 ± 0.40

1.36 ± 0.41

1.37 ± 0.43

1.37 ± 0.43

0.062

LDL [mmol/L]

2.96 ± 0.91

2.92 ± 0.92

2.94 ± 0.90

2.99 ± 0.91

2.98 ± 0.93

< 0.001

TC [mmol/L]

4.99 ± 1.07

4.87 ± 1.07

4.94 ± 1.05

5.06 ± 1.06

5.09 ± 1.10

< 0.001

TG [mmol/L]

1.43 ± 0.76

1.42 ± 0.71

1.41 ± 0.79

1.44 ± 0.77

1.45 ± 0.79

< 0.001

Alcohol Use (%)

     

< 0.001

Yes (Drink ≥ 12 alcohol drinks/1 year)

71.63%

65.49%

69.16%

74.06%

77.83%

 

No (Drink < 12 alcohol drinks/1 year)

28.37%

34.51%

30.84%

25.94%

22.17%

 

Cigarette use (%)

     

0.139

 Yes (Smoked ≥ 100 cigarettes in life)

44.51%

45.36%

45.05%

43.59%

44.05%

 

 No (Smoked < 100 cigarettes in life)

55.49%

54.64%

54.95%

56.41%

55.95%

 

Hypertension (%)

     

< 0.001

 Yes

35.90%

45.22%

39.00%

33.32%

26.04%

 

 No

64.10%

54.78%

61.00%

66.68%

73.96%

 

Hyperlipidemia (%)

     

< 0.001

 Yes

37.95%

38.46%

40.70%

38.68%

33.97%

 

 No

62.05%

61.54%

59.30%

61.32%

66.03%

 

Diabetes (%)

     

< 0.001

 Yes

12.75%

18.93%

14.14%

10.51%

7.41%

 

 No

85.04%

78.63%

83.33%

87.30%

90.88%

 

 Pre-diabetes

2.22%

2.44%

2.53%

2.20%

1.71%

 

CRC (%)

     

< 0.001

 Yes

99.33%

98.83%

99.36%

99.44%

99.70%

 

 No

0.67%

1.17%

0.64%

0.56%

0.30%

 
  1. Significant values are in [bold].