High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Levels in a Group of Syrian University Male Students and Its Associations with Smoking, Physical Activity, Anthropometric Measurements, and Some Hematologic Inflammation Biomarkers

Table 7

Using appropriate inclusion criteria, the participants were divided into two opposite groups. To check the difference significance of hsCRP levels (mg/L) between them, Wilcoxon rank sum test was applied. To reveal the possible associations, Kendall’s tau-b correlation coefficients between hsCRP and other variables were used.

Group name	Group criteria		hsCRP median (Q1–Q3) mg/L	Wilcoxon rank-sum test value	hsCRP associated with the following: Variable name (Kendall’s tau-b correlation coefficient)
Overall	No condition	101	0.51 (0.24–1.31)		Sport (−0.19), BMI (0.19), waist (0.22), hip (0.20), WBCs (0.17), ESR (0.25).
Low BMI	BMI < 25 kg/m^2	55	0.37 (0.16–0.66)		MPV (−0.28), NLR (0.19), ESR (0.23).
High BMI	BMI ≥ 25 kg/m^2	46	0.97 (0.32–2.39)	0.002	MPV (0.31), ESR (0.32).
Low WHR	WHR < 0.9	65	0.47 (0.22–1.11)		Waist (0.19), WBCs (0.18), ESR (0.21).
High WHR	WHR ≥ 0.9	36	0.57 (0.26–1.84)	0.387	BMI (0.24), waist (0.32), hip (0.31), ESR (0.32).
Low BMI with low WHR	BMI < 25 and WHR < 0.9	40	0.35 (0.15–0.67)		No correlation with inflammatory markers or anthropometric measures.
High BMI with high WHR	BMI ≥ 25 and WHR ≥ 0.9	21	0.98 (0.26–3.08)	0.017	MPV (0.37), ESR (0.37).
Low BMI with high WHR	BMI < 25 and WHR ≥ 0.9	15	0.38 (0.28–0.59)		MPV (−0.52).
High BMI with low WHR	BMI ≥ 25 and WHR < 0.9	25	0.94 (0.41–2.18)	0.094	MPV (0.32).
Normal MPV	6.1 ≤ MPV ≤ 8.9 fL	65	0.58 (0.25–1.19)		ESR (0.24).
High MPV	MPV > 8.9 fL	36	0.43 (0.20–1.45)	0.563	Weight (0.37), BMI (0.50), waist (0.44), hip (0.45), NLR (0.27), ESR (0.28).
Nonsmokers	Nonsmokers	45	0.55 (0.26–1.36)		Sport (−0.27), ESR (0.27).
Smokers	Smokers	56	0.43 (0.20–1.15)	0.280	BMI (0.19), waist (0.24), hip (0.22), WBCs (0.20), ESR (0.27).
Cigarette smokers	Cigarettes only	30	0.37 (0.21–1.28)		Weight (0.28), BMI (0.30), waist (0.35), hip (0.34), ESR (0.29).
Hubble-bubble smokers	Hubble-bubble smoking only	23	0.47 (0.18–0.90)	0.740	No correlation with inflammatory markers or anthropometric measures.
Frequent sport	Weekly or more frequent	42	0.38 (0.23–0.58)		WBCs (0.33).
No sport	Monthly or less frequent	59	0.68 (0.32–1.98)	0.011	Weight (0.21), BMI (0.23), waist (0.28), hip (0.27), ESR (0.28).
Parents without medical history	No parents medical history for participant	51	0.52 (0.24–1.08)		No correlation with inflammatory markers or anthropometric measures.
Parents with medical history	At least one parent had medical history	50	0.48 (0.23–1.56)	0.461	Sport (−0.21), weight (0.29), BMI (0.28), waist (0.36), hip (0.36), ESR (0.39).

Only correlation coefficients that have value < 0.05 were reported.
Number of participants in the group.
Q1 and Q3 are first and third quartiles of the group, respectively.
Except for the group that contains all participants, Wilcoxon rank sum test of significance difference ( value) was applied between every two successive groups.
value < 0.001.
0.001 ≤ value < 0.025.
0.025 ≤ value < 0.05.