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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Association between the C-reactive protein-triglyceride–glucose index and endometriosis: a cross-sectional study using data from the national health and nutrition examination survey, 1996–2006

Characteristics

Overall

(N = 2235)

Non-endometriosis

(N = 2060)

Endometriosis

(N = 175)

P value

Age (years)

   

0.095

 ≤ 40

1455 (58.2%)

1368 (59.0%)

87 (51.3%)

 

 > 40

780 (41.8%)

692 (41.0%)

88 (48.7%)

 

Age at menarche (years)

   

0.387

 < 12

509 (21.3%)

464 (20.8%)

45 (25.0%)

 

 12–13

1187 (54.6%)

1089 (54.7%)

98 (53.9%)

 

 ≥ 14

539 (24.2%)

507 (24.5%)

32 (21.1%)

 

PIR

   

0.419

 < 1.3

623 (21.5%)

584 (21.5%)

39 (21.8%)

 

 1.3-3.0

807 (34.5%)

751 (35.3%)

56 (28.1%)

 

 > 3.0

805 (43.9%)

725 (43.2%)

80 (50.1%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

   

0.149

 < 25

776 (42.0%)

720 (42.6%)

56 (36.5%)

 

 ≥ 25

1459 (58.0%)

1340 (57.4%)

119 (63.5%)

 

Smoked ≥ 100cigarettes

   

0.002

 Yes

858 (43.1%)

768 (41.4%)

90 (57.6%)

 

 No

1377 (56.9%)

1292 (58.6%)

85 (42.4%)

 

Race/ethnicity

   

0.001

 Mexican American

497 (7.4%)

488 (8.0%)

9 (1.4%)

 

 Other Hispanic

96 (5.7%)

91 (6.1%)

5 (2.0%)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

1088 (70.6%)

965 (69.0%)

123 (84.8%)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

457 (11.6%)

425 (12.1%)

32 (7.9%)

 

 Other

97 (4.7%)

91 (4.8%)

6 (3.9%)

 

Marital status

   

0.010

 Married/Living with partner

1499 (68.3%)

1380 (67.3%)

119 (77.3%)

 

 Never married

414 (14.6%)

391 (18.2%)

23 (7.3%)

 

 Widowed/Divorced/Separated

322 (17.0%)

289 (14.5%)

33 (15.4%)

 

Education level

   

0.112

 High school and below

507 (15.8%)

486 (16.2%)

21 (11.5%)

 

 Above high school

1728 (84.2%)

1574 (83.8%)

154 (88.5%)

 

Hypertension

   

0.287

 Yes

406 (18.9%)

358 (18.5%)

48 (21.9%)

 

 No

1829 (81.1%)

1702 (81.5%)

127 (78.1%)

 

Diabetes

   

0.436

 Yes

97 (3.4%)

90 (3.5%)

7 (2.6%)

 

 No

2138 (96.6%)

1970 (96.5%)

168 (97.4%)

 

Alcohol intake

   

0.850

 Yes

1376 (68.2%)

1257 (68.1%)

119 (69.1%)

 

 No

859 (31.8%)

803 (31.9%)

56 (30.9%)

 

Oral contraceptive

   

0.020

 Yes

1742 (80.8%)

1586 (79.9%)

156 (89.3%)

 

 No

493 (19.2%)

474 (20.1%)

19 (10.7%)

 

Infertility

   

0.160

 Yes

311 (17.1%)

286 (12.0%)

%)

25 (17.7%)

 

 No

1924 (82.9%)

1774 (88.0%)

150 (82.3%)

 

CRP (mg/dL)

0.47 (0.73)

0.46 (0.74)

0.57 (0.67)

0.041

Fasting triglyceride (mg/dL)

121.62 (99.40)

117.20 (81.42)

160.52 (192.34)

0.007

Fasting glucose, mg/dl

94.32 (20.48)

94.29 (20.45)

94.56 (20.84)

0.857

TyG

8.48 (0.58)

8.45 (0.56)

8.68 (0.68)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

195.51 (40.22)

194.35 (39.89)

205.78 (41.79)

0.001

CTI

7.83 (0.95)

7.79 (0.94)

8.20 (0.98)

< 0.001

  1. Values are mean±SD or number (%). P<0.05 was deemed significant. BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, TyG triglyceride glucose index, CTI C-reactive protein-triglyceride glucose index, PIR poverty income ratio