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Table 1 Baselines characteristics of the participants enrolled (IQR: interquartile range; for continuous variables: P value was calculated by Kruskal Wallis rank-sum test, Number (%) for categorical variables: P value was calculated by chi-square test, HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol)

From: The association between long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level among chinese middle-aged and older adults

  

Gender

 
  

male

female

P

  

n = 5889

n = 6630

 

age (median [IQR])

 

61.00 [53.00, 68.00]

60.00 [52.00, 66.00]

< 0.001

age_class (%)

< 50

744 (12.63)

989 (14.92)

< 0.001

 

< 60

1840 (31.24)

2283 (34.43)

 
 

< 70

2095 (35.57)

2194 (33.09)

 
 

>=70

1210 (20.55)

1164 (17.56)

 

Residence (%)

urban

1163 (22.25)

1098 (18.51)

< 0.001

 

rural

4064 (77.75)

4834 (81.49)

 

Education level (%)

Less than lower secondary

5761 (97.86)

6571 (99.14)

< 0.001

 

tertiary

126 (2.14)

57 (0.86)

 

Marital status (%)

married or partnered

5293 (89.88)

5569 (84.00)

< 0.001

 

separated divorced widowed or never married

596 (10.12)

1061 (16.00)

 

Drinking frequence (%)

none

2473 (42.14)

5612 (84.95)

< 0.001

 

less than once per day

1920 (32.72)

834 (12.62)

 
 

once per day

800 (13.63)

108 (1.63)

 
 

twice per day

490 (8.35)

45 (0.68)

 
 

more than twice per day

185 (3.15)

7 (0.11)

 

Smoking frequence (%)

none

2750 (47.23)

6285 (95.14)

< 0.001

 

<=4

293 (5.03)

58 (0.88)

 
 

<=10

763 (13.11)

139 (2.10)

 
 

> 10

2016 (34.63)

124 (1.88)

 

hypertension (%)

no

3291 (65.56)

3664 (63.36)

0.018

 

yes

1729 (34.44)

2119 (36.64)

 

diabetes (%)

no

4543 (90.86)

5069 (88.34)

< 0.001

 

yes

457 (9.14)

669 (11.66)

 

Lung diseases (%)

no

4162 (82.63)

5107 (88.23)

< 0.001

 

yes

875 (17.37)

681 (11.77)

 

Heart diseases (%)

no

4195 (83.58)

4532 (78.80)

< 0.001

 

yes

824 (16.42)

1219 (21.20)

 

stroke (%)

no

4813 (95.51)

5621 (96.88)

< 0.001

 

yes

226 (4.49)

181 (3.12)

 

Psych problem (%)

no

4958 (98.28)

5637 (97.39)

0.002

 

yes

87 (1.72)

151 (2.61)

 

arthritis (%)

no

3072 (60.76)

2993 (51.93)

< 0.001

 

yes

1984 (39.24)

2771 (48.07)

 

dyslipidemia (%)

no

3974 (80.85)

4428 (78.80)

0.01

 

yes

941 (19.15)

1191 (21.20)

 

Liver diseases (%)

no

4638 (92.48)

5411 (93.99)

0.002

 

yes

377 (7.52)

346 (6.01)

 

Kidney diseases (%)

no

4455 (88.69)

5260 (91.27)

< 0.001

 

yes

568 (11.31)

503 (8.73)

 

Digest diseases (%)

no

3636 (71.97)

3792 (65.50)

< 0.001

 

yes

1416 (28.03)

1997 (34.50)

 

asthma (%)

no

4674 (92.59)

5484 (94.83)

< 0.001

 

yes

374 (7.41)

299 (5.17)

 

HDL (median [IQR])

mg/dl

48.26 [41.31, 56.37]

51.35 [44.79, 58.59]

< 0.001

BMI (median [IQR])

kg/m2

23.21 [20.88, 25.75]

24.13 [21.81, 26.69]

< 0.001

PM2.5 (median [IQR])

 

54.64 [39.90, 69.30]

54.64 [40.89, 69.44]

0.387