From: Biological and other health related correlates of long-term life dissatisfaction burden
 | Long-term life dissatisfaction burden1) |  | |||
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 | Satisfied (16–33 p.) N = 159 | Dissatisfied (34–80 p.) N = 146 |  | ||
Variables | Col% | (n) | Col% | (n) | p-value |
Gender (male), n (%) | 42.1 | (67) | 43.2 | (63) | ns |
Living alone, n (%) | 7.5 | (12) | 21.9 | (32) | <0.001 |
Smoking (yes), n (%) | 8.2 | (13) | 29.5 | (43) | <0.001 |
Alcohol consumption ≥2/week, n (%) | 16.4 | (26) | 19.9 | (29) | ns |
Social support (poor) | 1.3 | (2) | 24.1 | (36) | <0.001 3) |
Sleep (poor), n (%) | 42.8 | (68) | 69.2 | (101) | <0.001 |
Metabolic syndrome, n (%)2) | 31.2 | (48) | 43.4 | (63) | 0.028 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 28.9 | (46) | 32.2 | (47) | ns |
Coronary heart disease, n (%) | 7.5 | (12) | 8.9 | (13) | ns |
Rheumatoid arthritis, n (%) | 6.3 | (10) | 7.5 | (11) | ns |
Cancer, n (%) | 1.3 | (2) | 2.7 | (4) | ns3) |
Use of oral corticosteroids, n (%) | 2.5 | (4) | 3.4 | (5) | ns3) |
Use of NSAIDs, n (%) | 4.4 | (7) | 2.1 | (3) | ns3) |
Use of statins, n (%) | 30.2 | (48) | 16.4 | (24) | 0.005 |
Variables | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | p-value | ||
Age 4) | 56.9 (55.3–58.6) | 55.1 (53.6–56.6) | 0.025 5) | ||
BMI, [kg/m2]4) | 27.1 (26.4–27.9) | 27.8 (26.8–28.8) | ns5) | ||
Adiponectin, [μg/ml]4) | 18.39 (15.59–21.19) | 13.38 (11.44–15.31) | 0.014 5) | ||
Resistin, [ng/ml]4) | 10.26 (9.22–11.31) | 11.62 (9.99–13.25) | ns5) | ||
hs-CRP, [mg/l]4) | 2.76 (2.08–3.44) | 3.14 (2.43–3.85) | ns5) | ||
TNF-α, [pg/ml]4) | 11.03 (4.28–17.78) | 11.57 (3.69–19.46) | ns5) | ||
IL6, [pg/ml]4) | 3.53 (2.05–5.01) | 4.35 (2.15–6.56) | ns5) |