Table. 2.

Vitamin E fully adequate group

Characteristics Vitamin E fully adequate group Total P-value

Yes No
Total 425 (12.1) 3,171 (87.9) 3,596 (100.0)
Age (y) 59.58±0.59 59.37±0.21 59.39±0.19 0.739
Body mass index (kg/m2) 24.62±0.21 24.12±0.07 24.18±0.06 0.022
Vitamin A (mg/L) 0.65±0.01 0.54±0.00 0.56±0.00 <0.001
Vitamin E (mg/L) 26.48±0.87 12.93±0.09 14.58±0.18 <0.001
Sex 0.004
Male 160 (40.1) 1,445 (48.6) 1,605 (47.6)
Female 265 (59.9) 1,726 (51.4) 1,991 (52.4)
Income 0.604
Low 94 (17.8) 724 (18.0) 818 (18.0)
Mid-low 109 (24.6) 773 (23.7) 882 (23.8)
Mid-high 113 (29.7) 788 (26.8) 901 (27.2)
High 109 (28.0) 886 (31.4) 995 (31.0)
Educational level 0.825
≤Elementary school 129 (26.2) 889 (23.8) 1,018 (24.1)
Middle school 54 (14.0) 475 (14.4) 529 (14.3)
High school 132 (31.6) 1,005 (33.3) 1,137 (33.1)
≥College 110 (28.2) 802 (28.5) 912 (28.4)
Marital status 0.714
Married 326 (81.3) 2,489 (82.1) 2,815 (82.0)
Unmarried 99 (18.7) 682 (17.9) 781 (18.0)
Hypertension 0.460
Yes 141 (32.4) 1,154 (34.8) 1,295 (34.5)
No 284 (67.6) 2,017 (65.2) 2,301 (65.5)
Hyperlipidemia 0.006
Yes 136 (34.5) 821 (26.3) 957 (27.3)
No 289 (65.5) 2,350 (73.7) 2,639 (72.7)
Diabetic mellitus 0.080
Yes 67 (12.9) 573 (16.8) 640 (16.3)
No 358 (87.1) 2,598 (83.2) 2,956 (83.7)

Values are presented as mean±standard error for continuous variables or unweighted n (weighted %) for categorical variables.

P-values are from Rao-scott χ2 test or ANOVA.

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