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Table 1 The general characteristics of the population in NHANESE 2001–2018

From: The impact of dietary copper intake on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among hypertensive patients: a longitudinal analysis from NHANES (2001–2018)

Variable

Total

No-CVD

CVD

P

Age

54.66 ± 0.20

53.29 ± 0.21

62.46 ± 0.30

< 0.0001

Copper (mg/day)

1.26 ± 0.01

1.27 ± 0.01

1.17 ± 0.02

< 0.0001

BMI

31.20 ± 0.09

31.10 ± 0.10

31.75 ± 0.20

0.002

Sex

   

0.002

 Female

7255(49.46)

6119(50.08)

1136(45.95)

 

 Male

7422(50.54)

5981(49.92)

1441(54.05)

 

Ethic

   

0.01

 Black

4051(13.87)

3317(13.68)

734(14.94)

 

 Mexican

2078 (5.69)

1795(5.97)

283(4.12)

 

 Other

2217 (9.93)

1893(10.02)

324 (9.42)

 

 White

6331 (70.51)

5095(70.33)

1236(71.52)

 

Education

   

< 0.0001

 Less than 9th grade

1808 (6.01)

1422(5.47)

386(9.07)

 

 9-11th grade (Includes 12th grade with no diploma)

2275(11.57)

1779(10.92)

496(15.28)

 

 High school graduate/GED or equivalent

3591(25.68)

2940(25.26)

651(28.04)

 

 Some college or AA degree

4233(32.14)

3502(32.25)

731(31.48)

 

 College graduate or above

2770(24.61)

2457(26.10)

313(16.13)

 

Diabetes

   

< 0.0001

 DM

4328(24.00)

3152(20.83)

1176(42.01)

 

 IFG

814 (6.28)

676(6.17)

138(6.92)

 

 IGT

521 (3.41)

438(3.48)

83(3.00)

 

 No

9014(66.31)

7834(69.53)

1180(48.07)

 

Smoke

   

< 0.0001

 Former

4382(30.68)

3367(29.05)

1015(39.91)

 

 Never

7217(48.98)

6281(51.35)

936(35.57)

 

 Now

3078(20.34)

2452(19.61)

626(24.52)

 

Alcohol user

   

< 0.0001

 Former

3176(18.17)

2341(16.21)

835(29.28)

 

 Heavy

2441(17.77)

2130(18.61)

311(13.01)

 

 Mild

4971(37.54)

4155(37.93)

816(35.33)

 

 Moderate

1978(15.40)

1732(16.26)

246(10.56)

 

 Never

2111(11.11)

1742(10.99)

369(11.82)

 

Stroke

   

< 0.0001

 No

13748(95.01)

12100(100.00)

1648 (66.71)

 

 Yes

929 (4.99)

0 (0.00)

929(33.29)

 

Coronary heart disease

   

< 0.0001

 No

13719(93.89)

12100(100.00)

1619 (59.28)

 

 Yes

958 (6.11)

0 (0.00)

958(40.72)

 

Angina

   

< 0.0001

 No

14013(95.61)

12100(100.00)

1913 (70.76)

 

 Yes

664 (4.39)

0(0.00)

664(29.24)

 

Congestive heart failure

   

< 0.0001

 No

13903(95.77)

12100(100.00)

1803 (71.77)

 

 Yes

774 (4.23)

0 (0.00)

774(28.23)

 

Heart attack

   

< 0.0001

 No

13667(94.05)

12100(100.00)

1567 (60.30)

 

 Yes

1010 (5.95)

0 (0.00)

1010(39.70)

 

CopperQ (mg/day)

   

< 0.0001

Q1 [0,0.754]

3509(20.42)

2758(19.53)

751(25.46)

 

Q2(0.75,1.06]

3586(23.64)

2947(23.45)

639(24.67)

 

Q3(1.06,1.46]

3758(27.09)

3129(27.26)

629(26.13)

 

Q4(1.46,46.24]

3824(28.85)

3266(29.75)

558(23.74)

 
  1. Percentages are calculated as column percentages based on the total number of participants in each column. P-values are derived from chi-square tests for categorical variables and t-tests for continuous variables. DM Diabetes Mellitus, IFG Impaired Fasting Glucose, IGT Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Copper intake was divided into quartiles based on the distribution among participants. The first quartile (Q1) ranged from 0 to 0.754 mg/day, while the fourth quartile (Q4) ranged from 1.46 to 46.24 mg/day