Study of angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism, enzyme activity and oxidized low density lipoprotein in Western Iranians with atherosclerosis: a case-control study

Table 7 Effect of ACE I/D, genotypes, age, gender, history of hypertension, smoking, and CAD on atherosclerosis using multivariate logistic regression

Genotypes	Group	OR(95% CI)	P-Value^a
ACE I/D	II	Ref
	ID	1.95(0.88–4.31)	0.99
	DD	1.67(0.73–3.83)	0.222
Gender	Women	Ref.
Gender	Men	1.7(0.91–3.16)	0.092
Hypertension	No	Ref.
Hypertension	Yes	1.23(0.68–2.32)	0.485
Cigarette smoking	No	Ref.
Cigarette smoking	Yes	4.13(2.05–9.05)	< 0.001
Family history of CAD	No	Ref.
Family history of CAD	Yes	3.56(2–6.33)	< 0.001
Age (years)		1.08(1.05–1.11)	< 0.001

^aAdjusted for age, Gender, Hypertension, Cigarette smoking and Family history of CAD

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