Table 1 Clinical characteristics of participants according to NHR levels

Age (years)

48.3±13.9

49.4±13.6

48.6±13.8

48.0±14.1

46.9±14.2

<0.001

Male, n (%)

104536 (79.9)

24204 (71.9)

26087 (79.2)

26718 (82.4)

27527 (86.7)

<0.001

Physical activity, n (%)

<0.001

 Inactive

19039 (14.6)

4590 (13.6)

4638 (14.1)

4694 (14.5)

5117 (16.1)

 Moderate active

93386 (71.4)

24275 (72.1)

23857 (72.5)

23184 (71.5)

22070 (69.5)

 Active

18376 (14.0)

4811 (14.3)

4427 (13.4)

4558 (14.1)

4580 (14.4)

Above high school education level, n (%)

34818 (26.6)

8712 (25.9)

8483 (25.8)

8675 (26.7)

8948 (28.2)

<0.001

Current or previous smoking, n (%)

51802 (39.6)

11459 (34.0)

12323 (37.4)

13302 (41.0)

14718 (46.3)

<0.001

Current or previous drinking, n (%)

22194(17.0)

5753(17.1)

5512(16.7)

5482(16.9)

5447(17.1)

0.507

BMI (kg/m²)

24.8±3.5

24.1±3.4

24.7±3.4

25.1±3.5

25.5±3.6

<0.001

SBP (mmhg)

128.1±20.0

126.9±20.2

128.2±20.3

128.6±20.0

128.6±19.6

<0.001

DBP (mmhg)

82.8±11.5

81.9±11.5

82.8±11.5

83.1±11.4

83.5±11.5

<0.001

FBG (mmol/L)

5.1±0.7

5.1±0.7

5.1±0.7

5.1±0.7

5.1±0.7

<0.001

TG (mmol/L)

1.2 (0.9-1.8)

1.1 (0.8-1.6)

1.2 (0.9-1.8)

1.3 (0.9-1.9)

1.4 (1.0-2.1)

<0.001

TC (mmol/L)

4.9±1.1

5.0±1.1

4.9±1.1

4.8±1.1

4.7±1.0

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.5±0.4

1.8±0.3

1.5±0.3

1.4±0.3

1.2±0.3

<0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.4±0.9

2.4±0.9

2.4±0.9

2.5±0.9

2.5±0.9

<0.001

CRP, mg/L

0.9 (0.3-2.2)

0.7 (0.3-1.8)

0.8 (0.3-2.0)

0.9 (0.4-2.3)

1.2 (0.5-2.9)

<0.001

Hypertension, n (%)

49987 (38.2)

12173 (36.1)

12819 (38.9)

12758 (39.3)

12237 (38.5)

<0.001

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

41155 (31.5)

7823 (23.2)

8566 (26.0)

9846 (30.4)

14920 (47.0)

<0.001

Neutrophils, 10^9/L

3.8±1.3

2.6±0.6

3.4±0.7

4.1±0.8

5.2±1.4

<0.001

NHR

2.8±1.3

1.5±0.3

2.2±0.2

2.9±0.2

4.5±1.3

<0.001