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Table 1 Characteristics of study population among non-smokers aged 20 years stratified by race/ethnicity

From: Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon excretion and regional body fat distribution: evidence from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2016

Variablesa

Non-smokers

Total

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Hispanic

Number of participantsb

2691 (100.0%)

959 (35.6%)

585 (21.7%)

767 (28.5%)

Age (years) median (interquartile)

37.9 (28.0, 48.2)

40.4 (29.7, 49.8)

35.9 (26.6, 45.6)

33.1 (25.5, 41.8)

Gender, men

1221 (47.4%)

471 (49.1%)

273 (46.7%)

310 (40.4%)

Education

High school and below

1042 (30.6%)

259 (27.0%)

214 (36.6%)

495 (64.5%)

Any college

816 (31.6%)

311 (32.4%)

225 (38.5%)

181 (23.6%)

College graduate and above

833 (37.8%)

389 (40.6%)

149 (25.5%)

91 (11.9%)

Poverty income ratioc, ≥1

2264 (88.8%)

875 (91.2%)

478 (81.7%)

572 (74.6%)

Alcohol use (drinks/day)d

Non-drinkers

624 (24.5%)

253 (26.4%)

125 (21.4%)

133 (17.3%)

1–3 drinks/day

751 (30.5%)

297 (31.0%)

178 (30.4%)

198 (25.8%)

  ≥ 4 drinks/day

336 (14.0%)

121 (12.6%)

54 (9.23%)

139 (18.1%)

Moderate-to-intense activitye, yes

1909 (76.6%)

759 (79.1%)

405 (69.2%)

479 (62.5%)

Calorie intake (kcal)f

2174 (21.2)

2210 (31.0)

2163 (40.4)

2145 (38.5)

Protein intake (g)g

86.1 (1.04)

87.3 (1.50)

81.3 (1.93)

87.0 (2.02)

Body mass index (kg/m2)h

27.9 (0.15)

27.7 (0.21)

30.0 (0.30)

29.0 (0.26)

Body height (cm)i

169.0 (0.24)

171.2 (0.33)

170.0 (0.40)

163.2 (0.39)

Waist circumference (cm)j

95.1 (0.36)

95.6 (0.52)

97.5 (0.71)

96.0 (0.62)

Urinary creatinine (mg/dL)k

median (interquartile)

109.3 (55.9, 167.8)

102.0 (50.8, 161.7)

152.1 (99.1, 225.8)

114.6 (66.2, 167.1)

Serum cotinine (ng/mL)l

median (interquartile)

0.03 (0.01, 0.07)

0.03 (0.01, 0.06)

0.03 (0.03, 0.23)

0.03 (0.01, 0.04)

Serum C-reactive protein (ng/mL)m

Tertile 1

373 (14.8)

136 (14.2%)

75 (12.8%)

91 (11.9%)

Tertile 2

667 (25.8)

281 (29.3%)

124 (21.2%)

202 (26.3%)

Tertile 3

632 (22.3)

230 (24.0%)

149 (25.5%)

216 (28.2%)

DXA measurement

Total fat mass (kg)

27.0 (0.27)

27.1 (0.39)

29.4 (0.56)

27.2 (0.45)

Total fat mass percent

33.2 (0.20)

32.8 (0.29)

33.5 (0.41)

34.6 (0.35)

Trunk fat mass (kg)

12.9 (0.15)

13.1 (0.22)

13.4 (0.28)

13.4 (0.24)

Trunk fat mass percent

32.1 (0.21)

31.7 (0.30)

32.4 (0.42)

34.0 (0.34)

Leg fat mass (kg)

9.72 (0.10)

9.73 (0.14)

11.4 (0.22)

9.45 (0.17)

Leg fat mass percent

35.6 (0.24)

35.1 (0.35)

36.2 (0.45)

36.8 (0.42)

Trunk/leg fat ratio

1.36 (0.01)

1.37 (0.02)

1.20 (0.02)

1.45 (0.02)

Total bone mineral density (g/cm2)

1.14 (0.003)

1.14 (0.004)

1.20 (0.006)

1.11 (0.004)

Total lean mass excluding total bone mineral density (kg)

50.8 (0.31)

52.1 (0.45)

54.4 (0.56)

48.2 (0.51)

PAHsn (geometric mean [standard error])

1-naphthalene (ng/L)

1254.7 (40.9)

1173.3 (56.5)

1954.6 (107.4)

1188.8 (63.1)

2-naphthalene (ng/L)

2848.4 (80.0)

2280.3 (93.0)

4899.1 (218.2)

4564.3 (211.4)

2-fluorene (ng/L)

176.7 (4.37)

166.9 (6.13)

283.4 (11.7)

185.3 (6.83)

3-fluorene (ng/L)

68.7 (1.80)

64.3 (2.50)

122.6 (5.72)

67.5 (2.66)

9-fluorene (ng/L)

236.8 (9.16)

232.4 (13.2)

341.4 (19.3)

223.9 (14.8)

1-phenanthrene (ng/L)

112.2 (2.68)

114.4 (4.06)

135.6 (5.31)

106.7 (4.06)

2-phenanthrene (ng/L)

52.1 (1.68)

49.7 (2.30)

67.4 (3.53)

55.9 (2.75)

3-phenanthrene (ng/L)

75.5 (2.41)

73.9 (3.33)

109.4 (5.75)

68.5 (6.84)

4-phenanthrene (ng/L)

21.9 (0.80)

21.0 (1.11)

28.1 (1.56)

22.6 (1.44)

1-pyrene (ng/L)

77.7 (1.94)

69.9 (2.60)

103.8 (4.58)

93.8 (3.61)

  1. Abbreviation: DXA dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, PAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
  2. aFor continuous variables with normal distribution, values are presented as weighted mean (standard error). For continuous variables with skewed distribution, values are presented as geometric mean (standard error) or median (interquartile). For categorical variables, crude numbers and weighted percentages are presented
  3. bUnweighted number of participants
  4. c177 missing values were replaced by the median values of 2.63
  5. d980 missing values
  6. e1 missing value
  7. f102 missing values were replaced by the median value of 1973 kcal/day
  8. g102 missing values were replaced by the median value of 77.2 g/day
  9. h13 missing values were replaced by the median value of 27.3 kg/m2
  10. i12 missing values were replaced by the median value of 166.7 cm
  11. j22 missing values were replaced by the median value of 93.6 cm
  12. k3 missing values were replaced by the median value of 114.0 mg/dL
  13. l302 missing values were replaced by the median value of 0.031 ng/mL
  14. m1019 missing values
  15. nBased on non-missing participants only: 1-naphthalene, n = 2663; 2-naphthalene, n = 2673; 2-fluorene; n = 2672; 3-fluorene; n = 2665; 9-fluorene; n = 1187; 1-phenanthrene; n = 2676; 2-phenanthrene; n = 1663; 3-phenanthrene; n = 1670; 4-phenanthrene; n = 1132; and 1-pyrene; n = 2670