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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants stratified by osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis (OA) based on dataset A

From: Relationship between serum carotenoids and osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis: A cross-sectional study using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Variables

Overall

Non-OA

OA

P

N = 13978

N = 12403

N = 1575

Age n (weighted %)

 20–45 years

7146 (55.0)

7006 (60.5)

140 (12.1)

 < 0.001

 45–65 years

4015 (31.5)

3421 (29.8)

594 (45.4)

 

 > 65 years

2817 (13.5)

1976 (9.8)

841 (42.6)

 

Gender n (weighted %)

 Female

7180 (51.3)

6173 (49.3)

1007 (67.2)

 < 0.001

 Male

6798 (48.7)

6230 (50.7)

568 (32.8)

 

Race n (weighted %)

 Mexican American

2777 (8.4)

2639 (9.2)

138 (2.6)

 < 0.001

 Other Hispanic

694 (5.1)

639 (5.5)

55 (2.3)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

6663 (69.5)

5582 (67.6)

1081 (84.6)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

2745 (10.4)

2544 (11.0)

201 (5.6)

 

 Other Race—Including Multi-Racial

1099 (6.5)

999 (6.7)

100 (4.9)

 

Educational level n (weighted %)

 Less Than High School

3485 (15.1)

3146 (15.2)

339 (14.8)

0.253

 High School Diploma (including GED)

3297 (25.6)

2890 (25.3)

407 (27.9)

 

 More Than High School

7196 (59.3)

6367 (59.5)

829 (57.4)

 

Family income ratio (median [IQR]) (ratio)

1.76 [1.47, 2.04]

1.76 [1.47, 2.04]

1.77 [1.51, 2.03]

0.360

BMI n (weighted %)

 < 25 kg/m2

4425 (33.2)

4085 (34.8)

340 (20.8)

 < 0.001

 25–30 kg/m2

4939 (34.0)

4388 (34.1)

551 (33.2)

 

 > 30 kg/m2

4614 (32.8)

3930 (31.1)

684 (46.0)

 

Cigarette Use n (weighted %)

 Rarely smoking

7616 (53.6)

6868 (54.2)

748 (48.6)

0.003

 Frequently smoking

6362 (46.4)

5535 (45.8)

827 (51.4)

 

Serum cotinine (median [IQR]) (ng/mL)

5.93 [5.93, 5.99]

5.93 [5.93, 6.02]

5.93 [5.93, 5.93]

 < 0.001

Alcohol Use n (weighted %)

 Rarely drinking

12,022 (86.2)

10,682 (86.1)

1340 (86.5)

0.783

 Frequently drinking

1956 (13.8)

1721 (13.9)

235 (13.5)

 

Hypertension n (weighted %)

 No

9893 (73.9)

9265 (77.6)

628 (44.9)

 < 0.001

 Yes

4085 (26.1)

3138 (22.4)

947 (55.1)

 

Diabetes n (weighted %)

No

12,627 (92.8)

11,377 (94.0)

1250 (83.3)

 < 0.001

Yes

1351 (7.2)

1026 (6.0)

325 (16.7)

 

Osteoporosis n (weighted %)

 No

13,221 (95.1)

12,104 (97.7)

1117 (74.4)

 < 0.001

 Yes

757 (4.9)

299 (2.3)

458 (25.6)

 

Moderate physical activity n (weighted %)

 No

6426 (39.1)

5633 (38.5)

793 (43.4)

0.011

 Yes

7552 (60.9)

6770 (61.5)

782 (56.6)

 

Vigorous physical activity n (weighted %)

 No

9307 (60.5)

8049 (58.8)

1258 (73.7)

 < 0.001

 Yes

4671 (39.5)

4354 (41.2)

317 (26.3)

 

NHANES Cycle n (weighted %)

 Cycle2001-2006

10,831 (76.0)

9753 (77.4)

1078 (64.9)

 < 0.001

 Cycle2017-2018

3147 (24.0)

2650 (22.6)

497 (35.1)

 

Vitamin D (median [IQR]) (nmol/L)

4.19 [3.93, 4.39]

4.17 [3.93, 4.38]

4.26 [4.02, 4.50]

 < 0.001

Serum calcium (median [IQR]) (mmol/L)

0.85 [0.83, 0.89]

0.86 [0.83, 0.89]

0.85 [0.83, 0.89]

0.826

Serum phosphorus (median [IQR]) (mmol/L)

0.18 [0.09, 0.28]

0.18 [0.09, 0.28]

0.19 [0.09, 0.28]

0.205

Serum uric acid (median [IQR]) (umol/L)

5.73 [5.54, 5.91]

5.73 [5.54, 5.91]

5.75 [5.57, 5.91]

0.013

Serum urea nitrogen (median [IQR]) (mmol/L)

1.84 [1.66, 2.00]

1.81 [1.66, 1.97]

1.95 [1.79, 2.15]

 < 0.001

Total cholesterol (median [IQR]) (mmol/L)

1.62 [1.47, 1.75]

1.61 [1.47, 1.75]

1.64 [1.50, 1.76]

 < 0.001

Total carotenoids (median [IQR]) (ug/dL)

4.19 [3.88, 4.50]

4.19 [3.88, 4.50]

4.17 [3.83, 4.48]

0.148

Trans Lycopene (median [IQR]) (ug/dL)

3.11 [2.75, 3.40]

3.13 [2.78, 3.42]

2.94 [2.56, 3.27]

 < 0.001

β-cryptoxanthin (median [IQR]) (ug/dL)

1.98 [1.54, 2.45]

1.99 [1.56, 2.46]

1.87 [1.38, 2.36]

 < 0.001

Lutein/zeaxanthin (median [IQR]) (ug/dL)

2.68 [2.34, 3.03]

2.68 [2.34, 3.03]

2.67 [2.32, 3.08]

0.679

α Carotene (median [IQR]) (ug/dL)

1.03 [0.41, 1.69]

1.03 [0.40, 1.69]

1.13 [0.53, 1.74]

0.005

β Carotene (median [IQR]) (ug/dL)

2.56 [2.02, 3.16]

2.53 [2.00, 3.14]

2.74 [2.16, 3.25]

 < 0.001

  1. OA Osteoarthritis, IQR Interquartile range
  2. N are unweighted, median [IQR] and % are weighted
  3. The variables were natural log transformed
  4. P values were calculated by using weighted χ2 or Wilcoxon test