Table 2 Demographic and clinical indicators of participants[mean ± SD].

From: Association between vitamin C in serum and trouble sleeping based on NHANES 2017–2018

Variables

Overall

No trouble sleeping

Trouble sleeping

t value

P value

Age

51.05 ± 17.29

49.59 ± 17.58

54.70 ± 16.01

− 7.995

 < 0.001

Weight

82.67 ± 21.79

80.92 ± 20.59

86.95 ± 23.94

− 6.752

 < 0.001

Height

166.73 ± 10.09

166.84 ± 10.12

166.48 ± 10.01

0.923

0.356

Body mass index

29.62 ± 6.88

28.94 ± 6.38

31.27 ± 7.73

− 8.132

 < 0.001

Upper leg length

39.10 ± 3.85

39.29 ± 3.85

38.63 ± 3.79

4.401

 < 0.001

Upper arm length

37.40 ± 2.85

37.32 ± 2.86

37.59 ± 2.83

− 2.454

0.014

Arm Circumference

33.41 ± 5.14

33.04 ± 4.92

34.31 ± 5.53

− 6.129

 < 0.001

Waist Circumference

100.58 ± 16.67

98.77 ± 15.91

104.99 ± 17.64

− 9.349

 < 0.001

Total cholesterol

4.90 ± 1.07

4.89 ± 1.05

4.91 ± 1.13

− 0.570

0.568

HDL-C

1.38 ± 0.40

1.38 ± 0.39

1.37 ± 0.42

1.051

0.293

Ferritin

159.17 ± 195.85

155.38 ± 170.36

168.41 ± 247.12

− 1.717

0.086

HS-CRP

3.83 ± 6.94

3.52 ± 6.30

4.58 ± 8.24

− 3.515

 < 0.001

Glycohemoglobin

5.82 ± 1.03

5.78 ± 0.99

5.93 ± 1.12

− 3.445

 < 0.001

Vitamin C

0.90 ± 0.49

0.92 ± 0.47

0.86 ± 0.53

2.800

0.005

Transferrin receptor

39.69 ± 23.10

39.84 ± 25.10

39.34 ± 17.27

0.561

0.575

Alpha-carotene

5.42 ± 9.27

5.76 ± 10.10

4.59 ± 6.73

3.843

 < 0.001

Cis-beta-carotene

1.19 ± 1.39

1.24 ± 1.45

1.07 ± 1.23

3.293

0.001

Gamma-tocopherol

182.86 ± 99.29

178.02 ± 92.38

194.69 ± 113.59

− 3.986

 < 0.001

Total lycopene

38.96 ± 19.53

39.49 ± 19.69

37.65 ± 19.08

2.421

0.016

Retinol

52.93 ± 16.27

52.08 ± 15.41

55.03 ± 18.04

− 4.397

 < 0.001

Alpha-tocopherol

1255.48 ± 461.92

1238.60 ± 440.63

1296.68 ± 508.05

− 3.061

0.002

  1. HS-CRP: Hypersensitive C-reactive protein, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.