Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study populations based on MHR tertile groups

Sex (%)

0.0001

Female

71.54

60.40

46.12

Male

28.46

39.60

53.88

Age (years)

45.00 (31.00,59.00)

43.00 (30.00,58.00)

44.00 (30.00,58.00)

0.2805

Race (%)

0.0007

Other Race populations

14.77

17.66

15.35

White populations

68.40

69.83

75.07

Black populations

16.83

12.51

9.58

Education (%)

0.0203

Less than high school

15.47

17.01

20.13

High school

20.41

20.68

25.74

More than high school

64.12

62.31

54.13

Marriage (%)

0.9920

Married

48.61

49.67

49.56

Single

43.49

41.97

41.89

Living with a partner

7.90

8.36

8.55

BMI (kg/m2)

26.10 (22.90,31.00)

28.83 (24.50,33.80)

30.80 (26.72,35.60)

0.0001

Alcohol intake (gm)

12.82 ± 1.59

13.53 ± 1.72

9.69 ± 1.17

0.1182

Smoking (%)

0.0001

No

58.20

49.95

42.13

Yes

41.80

50.05

57.87

Hypertension (%)

0.0006

No

71.62

64.71

58.72

Yes

28.38

35.29

41.28

Diabetes (%)

0.0098

No

91.77

89.53

85.48

Yes

8.23

10.47

14.52

CVD (%)

0.0001

No

93.06

89.83

85.26

Yes

6.94

10.17

14.74

Other CRD (%)

0.2755

No

81.59

76.99

77.91

Yes

18.41

23.01

22.09

Cancer (%)

0.3526

No

89.68

90.17

87.48

Yes

10.32

9.83

12.52

Hay fever (%)

0.2535

No

86.61

90.53

88.52

Yes

13.39

9.47

11.48

Status (%)

0.0022

Alive

93.43

92.48

87.81

Death

6.57

7.52

12.19

SII (1000 cells/uL)

464.00 (340.07,642.53)

494.67 (362.14,685.46)

538.09 (376.47,757.31)

0.0005

SIRI (1000 cells/uL)

0.76 (0.53,1.00)

1.05 (0.75,1.40)

1.40 (1.00,1.92)

0.0001

Cholesterol (mmol/l)

5.21 ± 0.06

4.94 ± 0.05

4.90 ± 0.06

0.0033

Triglyceride (mmol/l)

1.05 (0.74,1.49)

1.28 (0.88,1.81)

1.86 (1.15,2.91)

0.0001