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Table 2 Univariate analysis of potential associations between baseline characteristics and atherosclerosis

From: Nonlinear relationship with saturation effect observed between neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and atherosclerosis in a health examination population: a cross‐sectional study

Covariate

Statistics

OR (95%CI)

P

Sex

   

  Female

789 (39.89%)

Reference

 

  Male

1189 (60.11%)

1.48 (1.24, 1.78)

< 0.01

Age groups

   

  ≤ 45

351 (17.75%)

Reference

 

  (45 ~ 65)

1326 (67.04%)

3.37 (2.60, 4.36)

< 0.01

  ≥ 65

301 (15.22%)

16.61 (11.09, 24.87)

< 0.01

HR (bpm)

74.55 ± 9.28

1.02 (1.01, 1.03)

0.000

Neutrophil (× 109/L)

3.66 ± 1.24

1.29 (1.19, 1.40)

< 0.01

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.32 ± 0.34

0.72 (0.55, 0.93)

0.013

NHR (× 109/mmol)

3.02 ± 1.48

1.19 (1.11, 1.27)

< 0.01

NHR groups

   

  Q1 (< 2.04)

495 (25.03%)

Reference

 

  Q2 (≥ 2.04 ~ < 2.72)

494 (24.97%)

1.48 (1.15, 1.90)

0.002

  Q3 (≥ 2.72 ~ < 3.64)

494 (24.97%)

1.76 (1.37, 2.27)

< 0.01

  Q4 (≥ 3.64)

495 (25.03%)

1.96 (1.52, 2.53)

< 0.01

BMI groups

   

  < 18.5

31 (1.57%)

Reference

 

  ≥ 18.5 ~ < 24

607 (30.69%)

1.14 (0.55, 2.36)

0.722

  ≥ 24 ~ < 28

840 (42.47%)

1.62 (0.79, 3.33)

0.190

  ≥ 28

437 (22.09%)

2.08 (1.00, 4.34)

0.050

  NA

63 (3.19%)

1.97 (0.83, 4.72)

0.126

LDL-C groups

   

  < 2.07

172 (8.70%)

Reference

 

  ≥ 2.07 ~ ≤ 3.37

1038 (52.48%)

1.22 (0.89, 1.69)

0.222

  > 3.37

768 (38.83%)

1.88 (1.35, 2.63)

0.000

Drinking

   

  No

977 (49.39%)

Reference

 

  Yes

808 (40.85%)

1.24 (1.03, 1.50)

0.022

  NA

193 (9.76%)

1.55 (1.13, 2.14)

0.007

Smoking

   

  No

1208 (61.07%)

Reference

 

  Yes

571 (28.87%)

1.07 (0.88, 1.31)

0.510

  NA

199 (10.06%)

1.35 (0.99, 1.83)

0.057

Diabetes history

   

  No

1682 (85.04%)

Reference

 

  Yes

85 (4.30%)

3.22 (1.90, 5.46)

< 0.01

  NA

211 (10.67%)

1.50 (1.12, 2.02)

0.007

Hypertension history

   

  No

1463 (73.96%)

Reference

 

  Yes

304 (15.37%)

5.61 (4.05, 7.76)

< 0.01

  NA

211 (10.67%)

1.83 (1.36, 2.47)

< 0.01

  1. The bold values are used to highlight the association between the important indicators (Neutrophil, HDL-C and NHR) and atherosclerosis
  2. CI Confidence interval; OR Odds ratio