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Table 2 Univariable analysis. The relationship between Vascular Status Scores and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in univariable analyses

From: Body fat percentage and CRP correlates with a composite score of vascular risk markers in healthy, young adults - The Lifestyle, Biomarkers, and Atherosclerosis (LBA) study

 

VSSMedian

VSSTertile

VSSQuintile

β Median (95% CI)

p

β Tertile (95% CI)

p

β Quintile (95% CI)

p

LDL

0.10 (0.045; 0.16)

< 0.001

0.12 (0.024; 0.22)

0.014

0.25 (0.073; 0.42)

0.0054

HDL

−0.011 (− 0.070; 0.047)

0.71

−0.013 (− 0.11; 0.86)

0.80

0.008 (− 0.17; 0.18)

0.93

TG

0.014 (−0.044; 0.073)

0.63

0.089 (−0.0091; 0.19)

0.075

0.13 (−0.046; 0.30)

0.15

CHOL

0.97 (0.39; 0.16)

0.0011

0.12 (0.022; 0.22)

0.017

0.23 (0.061; 0.41)

0.0082

ApoB/ApoA-1 ratio

0.077 (0.019; 0.14)

0.010

0.068 (−0.031; 0.17)

0.18

0.14 (−0.032; 0.32)

0.11

Insulin

0.050 (−0.0091; 0.11)

0.097

0.11 (0.10; 0.21)

0.031

0.18 (0.005; 0.35)

0.044

Glucose

0.061 (0.020; 0.12)

0.043

0.10 (0.0021; 0.20)

0.045

0.17 (−0.005; 0.34)

0.056

Body fat percentage

0.10 (0.45; 0.16)

< 0.001

0.20 (0.10; 0.30)

< 0.001

0.36 (0.19; 0.54)

< 0.001

CRP

0.063 (0.0039; 0.12)

0.037

0.17 (0.075; 0.27)

< 0.001

0.31 (0.13; 0.48)

< 0.001

Orosomucoid

0.067 (0.0085; 0.13)

0.025

0.10 (0.0044; 0.20)

0.041

0.16 (−0.016; 0.33)

0.076

Estrogen contraceptive use (yes/no)

0.0074 (−0.16; 0.17)

0.93

0.13 (−0.15; 0.40)

0.36

0.30 (−0.19; 0.78)

0.23

  1. β β coefficient. CI confidence interval. The variables were z score transformed before regression analysis. Abbreviations: see Table 1