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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of participants grouped by sex-specific of total lean mass

From: Muscle distribution in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality in young and middle-aged adults

 

Sex-specific Quintiles of total lean mass

P*

 

Q1a

Q3a

Q5#

N

1012

1010

1010

 

Age (median, IQR)

47 [33, 55]

45 [32, 51]

42 [31, 49]

< 0.001

Sex (%)

    

 Women

482 (53.1)

481 (48.9)

481 (46.0)

0.032

  Men

530 (46.9)

529 (51.1)

529 (54.0)

 

BMI (mean (SD))

22.6 (3.0)

26.3 (3.5)

33.0 (4.4)

< 0.001

Waist circumference (median, IQR)

84.8 [78.0, 91.8]

94.8 [86.6, 101.4]

108.3 [101.2, 115.0]

< 0.001

Ethnicity (%)

    

 Mexican American

321 (13.1)

234 (8.6)

115 (4.8)

< 0.001

 Other Hispanic

51 (5.9)

45 (5.3)

17 (2.2)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

445 (62.0)

526 (74.1)

506 (73.8)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

99 (5.2)

170 (8.1)

337 (15.6)

 

 Other race-including multi-racial

96 (13.7)

35 (3.9)

35 (3.7)

 

Marital (%)

    

 Married

612 (62.2)

649 (67.6)

631 (67.9)

0.285

 Separated

223 (18.2)

194 (15.7)

193 (16.7)

 

 Never married

177 (19.6)

167 (16.7)

186 (15.4)

 

Family income-poverty ratio level (%)

    

 0–1.0

223 (14.5)

161 (10.6)

135 (9.6)

< 0.001

  1.1-3.0

456 (39.7)

400 (34.2)

370 (31.5)

 

  > 3.0

333 (45.8)

449 (55.2)

505 (58.9)

 

Education (%)

    

 Less than high school

366 (22.5)

242 (14.5)

182 (12.1)

< 0.001

  High school or equivalent

231 (25.4)

249 (24.2)

257 (27.4)

 

  College or above

415 (52.1)

519 (61.2)

571 (60.5)

 

Obesity (%)

    

 Yes

175 (13.2)

468 (40.2)

888 (88.2)

< 0.001

Health insurance (%)

    

 Yes

759 (76.7)

744 (77.1)

809 (83.9)

0.012

Alcohol (%)

    

 Yes

701 (72.0)

717 (74.2)

735 (76.9)

0.191

Smoke (%)

    

 Yes

503 (50.2)

485 (49.4)

483 (48.1)

0.566

Muscle strengthening activities (%)

    

 Yes

236 (27.2)

315 (34.7)

335 (33.5)

0.042

HEI 2015(%)

    

 < 50

504 (52.1)

517 (52.0)

624 (62.0)

0.003

 50–70

421 (39.6)

416 (40.9)

343 (34.1)

 

 > 70

87 (8.3)

77 (7.1)

43 (3.9)

 

Hypertension (%)

    

 Yes

372 (29.2)

337 (29.1)

429 (37.7)

0.003

Diabetes (%)

    

 Yes

158 (10.6)

157 (11.3)

214 (19.1)

< 0.001

CHD (%)

    

 Yes

41 (3.1)

29 (2.1)

25 (1.9)

0.477

Cancer (%)

    

 Yes

88 (8.0)

59 (5.9)

56 (5.5)

0.125

  1. The mean (SD), percentage and P values were weighted values. Results presented with bold valued were statistically significant with all p value < 0.05
  2. aWomen Q1, 23354.9–35406.2 g, Q3, 38627.5–42109.8 g, Q5, 46498.5–68252.9 g. Men Q1, 31887.2–50773.2 g, Q3, 55397.1–59575.6 g, Q5, 65011.2–89856.5 g
  3. *The difference of age and waist circumference between five groups were tested by Kruskal-Wallis test. One-way Anova test was used to compare BMI. Chi-square test was used to compare other factors among five groups
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