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Table 2 Weighted characteristics of RA status

From: The association between composite dietary antioxidant index and rheumatoid arthritis: evidence from NHANES 2001–2020

 

Total

(n = 11266)

non-RA

(n = 10202)

RA

(n = 1064)

P

Age, years

44.13(0.21)

43.26(0.22)

55.30(0.46)

< 0.001

Sex, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 female

5823(49.39)

5168(48.59)

655(59.75)

 

 male

5443(50.61)

5034(51.41)

409(40.25)

 

Race, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Mexican American

2210(10.91)

2054(11.17)

156(7.49)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

3063(14.42)

2694(13.99)

369(19.91)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

4377(64.48)

3963(64.50)

414(64.19)

 

 Other Hispanic

982(5.78)

902(5.90)

80(4.22)

 

 Other race

634(4.42)

589(4.43)

45(4.19)

 

PIR

2.97(0.03)

3.00(0.03)

2.52(0.06)

< 0.001

Marriage, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 widowed/divorced/separated

2217(16.55)

1830(15.48)

387(30.30)

 

 married/living with partner

6863(65.04)

6302(65.37)

561(60.84)

 

 never married

2186(18.41)

2070(19.15)

116(8.86)

 

Education level, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 below high school

1021(4.47)

879(4.24)

142(7.48)

 

 high school

4272(35.64)

3835(35.33)

437(39.64)

 

 above high school

5973(59.89)

5488(60.43)

485(52.89)

 

BMI, kg/m2

35.72(0.07)

35.64(0.07)

36.75(0.30)

< 0.001

CDAI

0.48(0.05)

0.53(0.05)

-0.17(0.14)

< 0.001

Smoking, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 never

2616(24.42)

2254(23.62)

362(34.80)

 

 former

6496(56.77)

6009(57.77)

487(43.94)

 

 now

2154(18.81)

1939(18.62)

215(21.26)

 

Drinking, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 no

3224(24.75)

2801(23.87)

423(36.15)

 

 mild

5443(51.11)

4982(51.45)

461(46.77)

 

 heavy

2599(24.13)

2419(24.68)

180(17.08)

 

DM, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 no

8710(81.60)

8052(82.66)

658(67.86)

 

 yes

2556(18.40)

2150(17.34)

406(32.14)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 no

6087(57.66)

5776(59.57)

311(32.99)

 

 yes

5179(42.34)

4426(40.43)

753(67.01)

 
  1. CDAI, composite dietary antioxidant index; PIR, poverty income ratio; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; RA, rheumatoid arthritis. All continuous variables are expressed as mean (SD) and categorical variables are expressed as n (%)