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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of selected participants

From: Is there a non-linear relationship between dietary protein intake and prostate-specific antigen: proof from the national health and nutrition examination survey (2003–2010)

Dietary Protein (gm)

Q1(2.94- 58.89)

Q2 (58.91- 82.25)

Q3( 82.29-111.50)

Q4 (111.51-399.74)

P value

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA,ng/ml) log2 transform

0.13 (-3.84-5.32)

0.04 (-3.84-5.32)

-0.14 (-3.84-5.32)

-0.18 (-3.32-5.32)

<0.0001

Sociodemographic variables

 Age,year

64.00 (40.00-85.00)

61.00 (40.00-85.00)

57.00 (40.00-85.00)

51.00 (40.00-85.00)

<0.0001

 Poverty income ratio

2.35 (1.53)

2.68 (1.60)

2.93 (1.61)

3.02 (1.66)

<0.0001

Race/Ethnicity (%)

    

<0.0001

 Mexican American

7.12

7.03

6.08

6.58

 

 Other Hispanic

3.77

2.66

4.11

2.83

 

 Non-Hispanic White

68.35

75.38

77.75

78.60

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

14.05

10.39

8.57

8.47

 

 Other Race - Including Multi-Racial

6.70

4.53

3.50

3.53

 

Education level (%)

    

<0.0001

 less than high school

13.74

8.92

5.91

4.89

 

 high school

42.14

34.95

36.01

34.88

 

 more than high school

44.12

56.13

58.08

60.23

 

Marital status (%)

    

<0.0001

 Married

65.93

70.55

74.46

72.33

 

 single

30.22

24.99

20.74

21.01

 

 Living with partner

3.85

4.45

4.80

6.66

 

Variables of laboratory data

 Body mass index, mean ± SD (Kg/m2)

28.44 (5.52)

28.45 (5.99)

29.08 (5.52)

29.38 (5.71)

<0.0001

 Alcohol first day, mean ± SD (gm)

9.09 (25.55)

12.01 (27.90)

15.58 (35.78)

20.48 (41.62)

<0.0001

 C-reactive protein, mean ± SD (mg/dL)

0.21 (0.01-18.50)

0.20 (0.01-13.70)

0.19 (0.01-13.90)

0.18 (0.01-10.50)

<0.0001

 Glycohemoglobin (%)

5.98 (1.22)

5.93 (1.22)

5.88 (1.18)

5.79 (1.05)

<0.0001

 HDL-C, mean ± SD (mg/dL)

46.00 (19.00-145.00)

46.00 (20.00-148.00)

45.00 (15.00-144.00)

46.00 (19.00-179.00)

0.5658

Smoked at least 100 cigarettes in life

    

0.0013

 Yes

62.00

59.06

58.02

54.99

 

 No

38.00

40.94

41.98

45.01

 

 Triglycerides (mg/dL)

160.77 (125.46)

174.83 (148.83)

181.55 (169.46)

179.40 (148.52)

0.0023

Hypertension history

    

0.0029

 Yes

42.44

41.20

36.86

35.26

 

 No

57.56

58.80

63.14

64.74

 

Diabetes history (%)

    

<0.0001

 Yes

18.19

12.24

11.08

9.67

 

 No

81.81

87.76

88.92

90.33

 

coronary heart disease (%)

    

<0.0001

 Yes

10.19

8.03

4.55

4.04

 

 No

89.81

91.97

95.45

95.96

 

Stroke (%)

    

<0.0001

 Yes

5.88

4.01

3.22

1.52

 

 No

94.12

95.99

96.78

98.48

 

Physical activity (%)

    

0.0002

 Sits

26.00

25.86

23.31

20.71

 

 Walks

50.95

49.43

48.24

44.26

 

 Light loads

14.46

17.43

19.20

22.87

 

 Heavy work

8.59

7.28

9.24

12.16

 

Enlarged prostate (%)

    

0.0586

 Yes

15.92

16.66

15.75

12.72

 

 No

84.08

83.34

84.25

87.28