Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants by the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) quartile in NHANES 2007–2016.
Characteristic | SII levels | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quartile 1 (≤ 343.63) | Quartile 2 (343.63–460) | Quartile 3 (460–645.65) | Quartile 4 (> 645.65) | ||
Age (%) | 0.013 | ||||
40–59 | 65.05 | 65.38 | 66.21 | 64.93 | |
60–69 | 22.59 | 33.97 | 20.79 | 20.83 | |
70–79 | 12.36 | 11.66 | 13.00 | 14.24 | |
Gender (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Men | 52.02 | 50.38 | 47.34 | 44.88 | |
Women | 47.98 | 49.62 | 52.66 | 55.12 | |
Race (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Mexican American | 6.11 | 7.64 | 6.61 | 5.85 | |
Other Hispanic | 4.51 | 4.36 | 3.85 | 3.68 | |
Non-Hispanic White | 66.92 | 74.22 | 76.23 | 79.11 | |
Non-Hispanic Black | 17.36 | 9.29 | 7.57 | 6.06 | |
Other Race—Including Multi-Racial | 5.11 | 4.49 | 5.74 | 5.30 | |
Education level (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Less than 9th grade | 7.00 | 7.85 | 7.88 | 6.79 | |
9–11th grade | 12.76 | 9.72 | 12.51 | 14.28 | |
High school graduate/GED or equivalent | 24.04 | 25.11 | 23.03 | 24.40 | |
Some college or AA degree | 27.20 | 28.67 | 27.82 | 28.33 | |
College graduate or above | 29.01 | 28.92 | 28.76 | 26.19 | |
Marital status (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Married | 65.76 | 70.88 | 67.33 | 63.98 | |
Widowed | 5.65 | 5.27 | 6.49 | 7.14 | |
Divorced | 13.67 | 12.33 | 13.80 | 14.78 | |
Separated | 2.34 | 2.16 | 2.27 | 3.21 | |
Never married | 8.01 | 4.89 | 6.08 | 7.12 | |
Living with partner | 4.58 | 4.47 | 4.03 | 3.77 | |
Smoking (%) | 0.006 | ||||
≥ 100 cigarettes in life | 47.67 | 48.34 | 50.01 | 51.62 | |
< 100 cigarettes in life | 52.33 | 51.66 | 49.99 | 48.38 | |
Alcohol (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
≥ 12 drinks/year | 69.50 | 70.73 | 73.68 | 68.04 | |
< 12 drinks/year | 30.50 | 29.27 | 26.32 | 31.96 | |
Diabetes (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 11.55 | 10.76 | 10.75 | 14.21 | |
No | 88.45 | 89.24 | 89.25 | 85.79 | |
Hypertension (%) | 0.003 | ||||
Yes | 39.64 | 40.08 | 39.27 | 43.17 | |
No | 60.36 | 59.92 | 60.73 | 56.83 | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.47 ± 5.77 | 29.34 ± 6.20 | 29.09 ± 6.17 | 29.83 ± 7.27 | < 0.001 |
Neutrophils count (103/μL) | 2.90 ± 0.97 | 3.67 ± 0.96 | 4.34 ± 1.14 | 5.58 ± 1.74 | < 0.001 |
Lymphocyte count (103/μL) | 2.40 ± 1.06 | 2.20 ± 0.68 | 2.04 ± 0.62 | 1.81 ± 0.60 | < 0.001 |
Platelet count (103/μL) | 205.79 ± 50.33 | 237.82 ± 51.32 | 257.83 ± 52.88 | 297.99 ± 74.53 | < 0.001 |
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio | 1.28 ± 0.38 | 1.72 ± 0.38 | 2.21 ± 0.50 | 3.29 ± 1.26 | < 0.001 |
Klotho (pg/ml) | 885.70 ± 335.79 | 853.04 ± 303.99 | 846.06 ± 276.3 | 813.35 ± 272.22 | < 0.001 |