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Table 1 Participants’ baseline traits categorized by CVH (weighted)

From: Association between life’s crucial 9 and lung health: a population-based study

Characteristic

Cardiovascular health

 

Low

Moderate

High

P-value

N

1725 (13.48%)

7476 (70.25%)

1260 (16.27%)

 

Age (year)

56.13 (55.45–56.81)

57.43 (56.89–57.97)

55.43 (54.64–56.22)

< 0.0001

Gender

   

< 0.0001

Male

809 (44.76%)

3903 (50.66%)

554 (40.50%)

 

Female

916 (55.24%)

3573 (49.34%)

706 (59.50%)

 

Race

   

< 0.0001

Mexican American

248 (6.27%)

1139 (5.87%)

122 (2.93%)

 

Other Hispanic

133 (3.83%)

624 (3.69%)

75 (2.20%)

 

Non-Hispanic White

791 (70.18%)

3836 (76.76%)

814 (85.35%)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

501 (15.66%)

1509 (9.22%)

133 (3.81%)

 

Other Race

52 (4.05%)

368 (4.46%)

116 (5.72%)

 

Education level

   

< 0.0001

< High school

707 (30.69%)

2088 (17.67%)

122 (4.92%)

 

High school

458 (31.77%)

1840 (25.65%)

178 (12.61%)

 

> High school

560 (37.54%)

3548 (56.68%)

960 (82.47%)

 

Marital status

   

< 0.0001

Married/living with partner

903 (56.28%)

4752 (68.53%)

928 (78.88%)

 

Widowed/divorced/separated

666 (35.25%)

2178 (24.64%)

259 (16.27%)

 

Never married

156 (8.47%)

546 (6.83%)

73 (4.85%)

 

Drinking

   

0.0716

Yes

1218 (74.30%)

5212 (74.99%)

926 (78.64%)

 

No

507 (25.70%)

2264 (25.01%)

334 (21.36%)

 

Cardiovascular disease

   

< 0.0001

Yes

439 (22.00%)

1037 (11.31%)

98 (5.84%)

 

No

1286 (78.00%)

6439 (88.69%)

1162 (94.16%)

 

Cancer or malignancy

   

0.0793

Yes

179 (11.11%)

1002 (13.45%)

170 (12.58%)

 

No

1546 (88.89%)

6474 (86.55%)

1090 (87.42%)

 

Fumes at work

   

0.0040

Yes

93 (6.28%)

448 (7.15%)

45 (4.14%)

 

No

1632 (93.72%)

7028 (92.85%)

1215 (95.86%)

 

Second-hand smoke at home

   

< 0.0001

Yes

684 (41.34%)

1053 (14.09%)

27 (1.96%)

 

No

1041 (58.66%)

6423 (85.91%)

1233 (98.04%)

 

Family history of asthma

   

< 0.0001

Yes

408 (23.09%)

(16.73%)

(13.46%)

 

No

1317 (76.91%)

6253 (83.27%)

1076 (86.54%)

 

Family PIR

2.40 (2.24–2.56)

3.25 (3.16–3.34)

4.02 (3.91–4.14)

< 0.0001

WBC (103/uL)

8.16 (8.01–8.31)

7.12 (7.04–7.19)

6.20 (6.09–6.31)

< 0.0001

Hb (g/dL)

14.41 (14.25–15.57)

14.30 (14.21–14.39)

14.08 (13.97–14.18)

< 0.0001

PLT (103/uL)

269.62 (263.75-275.49)

254.18 (251.26–257.10)

240.74 (236.12-245.36)

< 0.0001

Eosinophil (103/uL)

0.24 (0.23–0.25)

0.20 (0.20–0.21)

0.17 (0.16–0.18)

< 0.0001

CRP (mg/dL)

0.85 (0.78–0.92)

0.49 (0.47–0.51)

0.28 (0.24–0.31)

< 0.0001

2-NAP (ng/g)

1819.73 (1440.20-2199.26)

581.98 (361.45-802.52)

512.94 (259.79-766.09)

< 0.0001

1-PYR (ng/g)

3.14 (2.91,3.38)

1.99 (1.90, 2.07)

1.62 (1.46–1.78)

< 0.0001

Pb (ug/g)

0.0087 (0.0081–0.0093)

0.0077 (0.0075–0.0080)

0.0078 (0.0072–0.0083)

0.0278

Cd (ug/g)

0.0049 (0.0046–0.0053)

0.0038 (0.0037–0.0039)

0.0035 (0.0032–0.0038)

< 0.0001

Cough

   

< 0.0001

Yes

378 (23.44%)

758 (11.02%)

44 (2.90%)

 

No

1347 (76.56%)

6718 (88.98%)

1216 (97.10%)

 

Phlegm

   

< 0.0001

Yes

323 (19.07%)

685 (9.17%)

48 (3.28%)

 

No

1402 (80.93%)

6791 (90.83%)

1212 (96.72%)

 

Wheeze

   

< 0.0001

Yes

497 (30.32%)

968 (13.80%)

73 (6.58%)

 

No

1228 (69.68%)

6508 (86.20%)

1187 (93.42%)

 

Asthma

   

< 0.001

Yes

354 (20.88%)

837 (12.05%)

124 (11.28%)

 

No

1371 (79.12%)

6639 (87.95%)

1136 (88.72%)

 

Emphysema

   

< 0.001

Yes

115 (7.20%)

194 (2.33%)

7 (0.40%)

 

No

1610 (92.80%)

7282 (97.67%)

1253 (99.60%)

 

Chronic bronchitis

   

< 0.001

Yes

215 (13.05%)

453 (6.54%)

45 (3.80%)

 

No

1510 (86.95%)

7023 (93.46%)

1215 (96.20%)

 

COPD

   

< 0.001

Yes

72 (8.57%)

280 (7.77%)

23 (2.73%)

 

No

878 (91.43%)

3855 (92.23%)

760 (97.27%)

 

FEV1 (ml)

2660.62 (2586.82-2734.41)

2938.34 (2903.71-2972.98)

3120.92 (3058.21-3183.63)

< 0.001

FVC (ml)

3560.14 (3455.63-3664.65)

3902.27 (3857.10-3947.43)

4100.12 (4019.50-4180.74)

< 0.001

FEV1/FVC

0.75 (0.74–0.75)

0.75 (0.75–0.76)

0.76 (0.76–0.77)

0.0003

LC9 score

42.54 (42.18–42.89)

65.09 (64.74–65.44)

85.90 (85.54–86.25)

< 0.001