C-reactive protein levels in patients at cardiovascular risk: EURIKA study

Table 2 Association of log-CRP levels with demographic and clinical characteristics: multivariate analysis in the overall population

	Linear regression coefficient (SE)	P value
Sex
Male	–	–
Female	0.23 (0.03)	<0.0001
Cardiovascular risk
Low^a	–	–
Intermediate^b	0.16 (0.05)	0.0005
High^c	0.21 (0.05)	<0.0001
HDL-C, mmol/L	-0.24 (0.04)	<0.0001
BMI, kg/m²	0.05 (0.00)	<0.0001
HbA_1c,%	0.06 (0.01)	<0.0001
Number of metabolic syndrome markers present
0	–	–
1	0.02 (0.08)	0.8226
2	0.07 (0.08)	0.3584
3	0.14 (0.08)	0.0807
4	0.20 (0.09)	0.0197
5	0.16 (0.10)	0.0992

Values were adjusted for factors found to be associated with log CRP levels in univariate analysis, including country, sex, systolic blood pressure, HDL-C levels, BMI, HbA_1c, number of metabolic syndrome markers and cardiovascular risk category.
^aSCORE <1%, without diabetes mellitus.
^bSCORE ≥1% to <5%, without diabetes mellitus.
^cSCORE ≥5%, or with diabetes mellitus.

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