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Table 1 Characteristics of American adult participants from the NHANES (N = 20,488)

From: Dietary calcium is inversely associated with hepatitis B virus infection: an analysis of US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2020

 

HBsAg (+)

HBsAg (−)

p value

N

163

20,325

 

Age (years)

49.28 ± 14.97

49.57 ± 17.59

0.808

Sex

 Male

98 (60.12%)

9995 (49.18%)

0.005

 Female

65 (39.88%)

10,330 (50.82%)

 

Race/ethnicity

 Mexican American

5 (3.07%)

3004 (14.78%)

< 0.001

 Other hispanic

7 (4.29%)

2070 (10.18%)

 

 Non-hispanic white

15 (9.20%)

9033 (44.44%)

 

 Non-hispanic black

47 (28.83%)

4194 (20.63%)

 

 Other race

89 (54.60%)

2024 (9.96%)

 

Education

 Less than high school diploma

44 (26.99%)

5208 (25.62%)

0.624

 High school

32 (19.63%)

4638 (22.82%)

 

 More than high school diploma

87 (53.37%)

10,479 (51.56%)

 

Marital status

 Married or living with partner

100 (61.35%)

12,102 (59.54%)

0.663

 Widowed or divorced or separated

38 (23.31%)

4549 (22.38%)

 

 Never married

25 (15.34%)

3674 (18.08%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

 Under/normal weight (≤ 24.9)

74 (45.40%)

5950 (29.27%)

< 0.001

 Overweight (25–29.9)

57 (34.97%)

6824 (33.57%)

 

 Obese (≥ 30)

32 (19.63%)

7551 (37.15%)

 

Smoking

 Yes

63 (38.65%)

9214 (45.33%)

0.088

 No

100 (61.35%)

11,111 (54.67%)

 

Diabetes

 Yes

18 (11.04%)

2488 (12.24%)

0.642

 No

145 (88.96%)

17,837 (87.76%)

 

Hypertension

 Yes

44 (26.99%)

7322 (36.02%)

0.017

 No

119 (73.01%)

13,003 (63.98%)

 

Fat (g)

71.64 ± 50.05

78.73 ± 46.28

0.052

SFA (g)

21.67 ± 17.99

25.41 ± 16.53

0.004

MUFA (g)

25.87 ± 18.12

28.37 ± 17.69

0.072

PUFA (g)

17.54 ± 12.91

17.93 ± 12.14

0.680

VB6 (mg)

2.13 ± 2.00

2.05 ± 1.60

0.506

VB12 (µg)

4.73 ± 4.93

5.08 ± 6.46

0.493

VC (mg)

89.23 ± 89.23

85.18 ± 98.48

0.601

VD (µg)

4.68 ± 5.93

4.62 ± 5.60

0.885

Folate (µg)

395.44 ± 214.39

397.83 ± 247.68

0.902

Caffeine (mg)

116.74 ± 155.17

154.03 ± 207.61

0.003

HDL (mmol/L)

1.42 ± 0.38

1.36 ± 0.41

0.042

Log10 dietary calcium (mg)

2.77 ± 0.30

2.88 ± 0.28

< 0.001

Log10 serum calcium (mmol/L)

0.37 ± 0.02

0.37 ± 0.02

0.015

  1. BMI body mass index, SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids, VB6 vitamin B6, VB12 vitamin B12, VC vitamin C, VD vitamin D, HDL high-density lipoprotein. Continuous variables were represented by mean ± standard deviation, and inter group differences were tested using independent sample t-test or the non parametric Kruskal Wallis (K–W) test. The categorical variables were expressed as percentages, and the inter-group comparison was performed by Chi-square test