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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of US cancer survivors and stratified by quintile of PHDI, NHANES 1999 to 2018

From: Planetary health diet index and mortality among US cancer survivors: mediating roles of systemic immune-inflammation index and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio

 

PHDI quintile

 

Characteristic

All (3,442)

Q1 (689)

Q2 (688)

Q3 (688)

Q4 (688)

Q5 (689)

P value

Weighted population

15,423,854

2,891,774

3,105,485

2,934,917

3,120,727

3,370,951

 

Age, Mean (SE), years

62.45 (0.33)

58.21 (0.74)

62.04 (0.72)

63.29 (0.68)

64.14 (0.61)

64.15 (0.63)

< 0.001

Age group, No. (%)

      

< 0.001

 20–64

1,347 (50.05)

338 (59.17)

300 (53.55)

242 (46.32)

235 (46.17)

232 (45.85)

 

 ≥ 65

2,095 (49.95)

351 (40.83)

388 (46.45)

446 (53.68)

453 (53.83)

457 (54.15)

 

Sex, No. (%)

      

< 0.001

 Female

1,793 (57.49)

294 (46.85)

357 (58.49)

357 (57.81)

395 (61.44)

390 (61.77)

 

 Male

1,649 (42.51)

395 (53.15)

331 (41.51)

331 (42.19)

293 (38.56)

299 (38.23)

 

Race/ethnicity, No. (%)

      

0.02

 Mexican American

221 (1.97)

49 (2.41)

44 (1.80)

39 (1.59)

41 (1.74)

48 (2.29)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

425 (4.55)

124 (7.04)

88 (4.94)

86 (4.84)

78 (3.87)

49 (2.41)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

2,510 (88.47)

459 (83.89)

505 (88.43)

505 (89.35)

511 (89.68)

530 (90.55)

 

 Other Hispanic

156 (2.08)

31 (3.06)

32 (1.80)

36 (2.22)

34 (1.82)

23 (1.62)

 

 Other Race

130 (2.93)

26 (3.77)

19 (3.02)

22 (1.88)

24 (2.97)

39 (3.14)

 

Marital status, No. (%)

      

< 0.001

 Married

2,052 (64.29)

386 (59.07)

408 (62.97)

406 (62.82)

419 (66.80)

433 (68.94)

 

 Never married

186 (4.80)

53 (7.77)

52 (6.63)

34 (4.10)

24 (3.15)

23 (2.72)

 

 Living with a partner

97 (3.06)

31 (5.40)

18 (3.28)

23 (3.53)

17 (2.43)

8 (1.02)

 

 Other

1,107 (27.85)

219 (27.76)

210 (27.12)

225 (29.55)

228 (27.63)

225 (27.31)

 

Educational attainment, No. (%)

      

< 0.001

 Less than high school

717 (13.20)

187 (17.92)

163 (14.97)

142 (13.58)

134 (12.75)

91 (7.58)

 

 High school or equivalent

793 (22.49)

181 (27.44)

185 (27.80)

161 (21.84)

138 (18.81)

128 (17.33)

 

 Above high school

1,932 (64.31)

321 (54.64)

340 (57.23)

385 (64.58)

416 (68.43)

470 (75.09)

 

Baseline yeara, No. (%)

      

0.002

 1999–2000

223 (5.67)

58 (7.60)

55 (7.49)

45 (6.45)

37 (4.37)

28 (2.84)

 

 2001–2002

333 (9.45)

69 (11.09)

77 (10.91)

67 (8.95)

52 (6.89)

68 (9.49)

 

 2003–2004

338 (9.25)

70 (10.26)

88 (12.17)

55 (8.10)

81 (11.35)

44 (4.73)

 

 2005–2006

285 (8.29)

65 (9.18)

54 (8.01)

66 (10.14)

51 (6.94)

49 (7.43)

 

 2007–2008

397 (9.21)

79 (10.85)

67 (7.58)

93 (10.36)

83 (8.80)

75 (8.68)

 

 2009–2010

428 (10.48)

82 (9.07)

89 (10.14)

72 (9.69)

92 (11.40)

93 (11.86)

 

 2011–2012

304 (10.05)

55 (8.83)

47 (5.66)

63 (10.48)

67 (12.92)

72 (12.11)

 

 2013–2014

390 (12.80)

68 (10.46)

60 (10.68)

73 (12.48)

92 (13.80)

97 (16.10)

 

 2015–2016

375 (12.90)

72 (12.75)

74 (12.86)

84 (14.48)

64 (11.48)

81 (13.00)

 

 2017–2018

369 (11.91)

71 (9.90)

77 (14.50)

70 (8.87)

69 (12.06)

82 (13.76)

 

PIR, Mean (SE)

3.29 (0.04)

2.96 (0.08)

3.19 (0.07)

3.19 (0.08)

3.42 (0.07)

3.65 (0.07)

< 0.001

Physical activity, min/wk, No. (%)

      

< 0.001

 None (inactive)

1,155 (28.61)

259 (31.24)

245 (32.43)

241 (29.68)

225 (28.02)

185 (22.47)

 

 0 to < 150 (insufficiently active)

722 (21.72)

152 (24.98)

153 (23.28)

135 (21.14)

147 (22.88)

135 (16.93)

 

 ≥ 150 (active)

1,565 (49.67)

278 (43.78)

290 (44.29)

312 (49.18)

316 (49.10)

369 (60.60)

 

Alcohol use, No. (%)

      

0.001

 Never

422 (9.69)

59 (6.49)

101 (12.10)

91 (10.53)

78 (8.03)

93 (11.04)

 

 Former

931 (22.27)

216 (26.15)

187 (23.29)

193 (24.53)

194 (22.82)

141 (15.55)

 

 Mild

1,408 (43.25)

245 (39.07)

248 (38.19)

278 (41.21)

297 (45.46)

340 (51.20)

 

 Moderate

375 (14.25)

75 (13.74)

89 (15.17)

72 (14.28)

64 (12.81)

75 (15.13)

 

 Heavy

306 (10.54)

94 (14.56)

63 (11.25)

54 (9.45)

55 (10.88)

40 (7.08)

 

Smoke, No. (%)

      

< 0.001

 Never

1,510 (44.77)

234 (35.70)

285 (43.72)

309 (47.15)

322 (43.81)

360 (52.32)

 

 Former

1,432 (39.56)

280 (39.41)

278 (36.09)

285 (36.72)

299 (43.18)

290 (41.99)

 

 Now

500 (15.68)

175 (24.89)

125 (20.19)

94 (16.13)

67 (13.01)

39 (5.69)

 

BMI, mean (SE), kg/m2

28.88 (0.14)

29.78 (0.32)

28.94 (0.35)

28.80 (0.36)

29.17 (0.33)

27.87 (0.31)

0.01

Energy, mean (SE), kcal/d

1,957.15 (16.53)

2,200.44 (40.56)

1,962.55 (36.97)

1,903.07 (40.44)

1,896.95 (28.35)

1,846.29 (33.51)

< 0.001

Hypertension, No. (%)

      

0.045

 No

1,229 (41.88)

274 (46.45)

227 (38.92)

237 (40.22)

223 (37.93)

268 (45.81)

 

 Yes

2,213 (58.12)

415 (53.55)

461 (61.08)

451 (59.78)

465 (62.07)

421 (54.19)

 

DM, No. (%)

      

0.21

 No

2,558 (78.76)

531 (79.24)

527 (81.41)

496 (77.92)

498 (75.23)

506 (79.91)

 

 Yes

884 (21.24)

158 (20.76)

161 (18.59)

192 (22.08)

190 (24.77)

183 (20.09)

 

CVD, No. (%)

      

0.66

 No

2,594 (80.42)

523 (80.47)

510 (80.70)

510 (80.44)

513 (78.35)

538 (82.04)

 

 Yes

848 (19.58)

166 (19.53)

178 (19.30)

178 (19.56)

175 (21.65)

151 (17.96)

 

SII, Mean (SE)

596.41 (7.88)

620.82 (17.52)

609.30 (18.57)

609.88 (16.61)

607.72 (16.08)

541.41 (15.91)

0.01

NLR, Mean (SE)

2.47 (0.03)

2.53 (0.06)

2.49 (0.07)

2.54 (0.08)

2.52 (0.05)

2.32 (0.06)

0.053

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PHDI, Planetary Health Diet Index; PIR, poverty income ratio; Q, quintile; SII, systemic immune-inflammation index; SE, standard error. All means and SEs for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables were weighted
  2. a. Refers to the year participants attended NHANES