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

Table 3 Multivariate analyses using different models to determine the relationship between the NHR and atherosclerosis

Variable	Crude model		Model I		Model II
Variable	OR (95%CI)	P	OR (95%CI)	P	OR (95%CI)	P
NHR	1.19 (1.11, 1.27)	< 0.01	1.20 (1.11, 1.29)	< 0.01	1.14 (1.06, 1.24)	0.001
NHR per-SD increase	1.29 (1.17, 1.43)	< 0.01	1.30 (1.17, 1.46)	< 0.01	1.22 (1.08, 1.37)	0.001
NHR groups
Q1 (< 2.04)	Reference		Reference		Reference
Q2 (≥ 2.04 ~ < 2.72)	1.48 (1.15, 1.90)	0.002	1.45 (1.11, 1.91)	0.007	1.38 (1.03, 1.83)	0.029
Q3 (≥ 2.72 ~ < 3.64)	1.76 (1.37, 2.27)	< 0.01	1.86 (1.41, 2.47)	< 0.01	1.64 (1.22, 2.20)	0.001
Q4 (≥ 3.64)	1.96 (1.52, 2.53)	< 0.01	2.01 (1.51, 2.68)	< 0.01	1.67 (1.22, 2.29)	0.001
P for trend	1.25 (1.15, 1.35)	< 0.01	1.26 (1.15, 1.38)	< 0.01	1.19 (1.08, 1.31)	0.001

The bold values are used to highlight the statistically significant association between NHR and atherosclerosis
Effect: Atherosclerosis, Crude model adjust for: None, Model I adjusted for: sex and age groups, Model II adjusted for: sex, age groups, BMI groups, HR, LDL-C groups, drinking, smoking, hypertension and diabetes history
CI Confidence interval; OR Odds ratio

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