Table 1 Demographic descriptive statistics of RLS cases and controls in the DBDS cohort with available CRP data (N = 3564) and the DBDS cohort with available suPAR data (N = 2546).

From: Chronic inflammation markers and cytokine-specific autoantibodies in Danish blood donors with restless legs syndrome

 

DBDS cohort with CRP and RLS data (N = 3564)

DBDS cohort with suPAR and RLS data (N = 2546)

Controls N = 3394

RLS cases N = 170 (4.8%)

P valuea

Controls N = 2420

RLS cases N = 126 (4.9%)

P valuea

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Sex

Male

1978

58.3

76

44.7

 < 0.001

1415

58.5

57

45.2

0.003

Female

1416

41.7

94

55.3

 

1005

41.5

69

54.8

 

Age

Years median (IQR)

38.9 (29.4–47.3)

 

40.5 (31.6–48.4)

 

0.245

39.1 (29.8–47.3)

 

40.4 (32.4–48.2)

 

0.312

BMI

Median (IQR)

25.1 (23.0–27.7)

 

25.2 (22.5–28.1)

 

0.627

25.1 (23.1–27.7)

 

25.2 (22.2–28.3)

 

0.614

 < 18.5

16

0.5

0

0

0.844

15

0.6

0

0

0.933

18.5–25

1653

48.7

82

48.2

 

1170

48.3

62

49.2

 

25–30

1304

38.4

68

40.0

 

933

38.6

46

36.5

 

30–35

316

9.3

14

8.2

 

223

9.2

13

10.3

 

35–40

85

2.5

 < 5

 < 2.9

 

66

2.7

 < 5

 < 4

 

 > 40

20

0.6

 < 5

 < 2.9

 

13

0.5

 < 5

 < 4

 

Smoking status

Non-smoker

3008

88.6

149

87.6

0.470

2160

89.3

107

84.9

0.170

 < 1 cigarette per day

118

3.5

 < 5

 < 2.9

 

82

3.4

 < 5

 < 4

 

 > 1 cigarette per day

268

7.9

17

10

 

178

7.4

15

11.9

 

Duration between donation date for hsCRP/suPAR measurement and RLS questionnaire completion

Years, median (IQR)

6.2 (5.6–7.0)

 

6.2 (5.7–7.0)

 

0.611

6.3 (5.7–7.0)

 

6.2 (5.7–7.0)

 

0.786

  1. DBDS danish blood donor study cohort, IQR interquartile range.
  2. aFor comparison of the two groups, chi-square test was used for categorical variables and Kruskal–Wallis rank test was used for continuous variables.
  3. Significant values are in [bold].