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. 2023 Mar 28;15:52. doi: 10.1186/s13148-023-01464-2

Table 2.

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for incident coronary heart disease according to DNA methylation age acceleration

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 per SD increase P for trend
Whole cohort
 No. of cases/controls 100/145 118/127 129/116 144/101 491/489
 Multivariable adjusted* 1.00 1.37 (0.90, 2.08) 1.72 (1.12, 2.62) 2.02 (1.32, 3.11) 1.36 (1.15, 1.61)  < 0.001
 + cell type proportion† 1.00 1.38 (0.89, 2.14) 1.68 (1.08, 2.62) 1.84 (1.17, 2.89) 1.30 (1.09, 1.56) 0.003
 + baseline cardiometabolic risk factor** 1.00 1.34 (0.85, 2.11) 1.78 (1.13, 2.80) 1.78 (1.12, 2.82) 1.29 (1.08, 1.55) 0.005
Men
 No. of cases/controls 62/78 62/78 76/68 77/51 277/275
 Multivariable adjusted* 1.00 1.30 (0.73, 2.32) 1.67 (0.95, 2.95) 2.20 (1.22, 3.99) 1.39 (1.10, 1.76) 0.006
 + cell type proportion† 1.00 1.51 (0.81, 2.80) 1.94 (1.06, 3.54) 2.10 (1.12, 3.96) 1.36 (1.07, 1.74) 0.014
 + baseline cardiometabolic risk factor** 1.00 1.51 (0.80, 2.85) 2.03 (1.09, 3.75) 1.98 (1.04, 3.77) 1.35 (1.05, 1.74) 0.019
Women
 No. of cases/controls 38/67 56/49 53/48 67/50 214/214
 Multivariable adjusted* 1.00 1.54 (0.79, 2.98) 1.91 (0.97, 3.76) 1.79 (0.93, 3.46) 1.29 (1.00, 1.67) 0.053
 + cell type proportion† 1.00 1.38 (0.68, 2.79) 1.49 (0.72, 3.10) 1.47 (0.72, 3.00) 1.18 (0.89, 1.56) 0.247
 + baseline cardiometabolic risk factor** 1.00 1.40 (0.67, 2.89) 1.66 (0.77, 3.57) 1.51 (0.72, 3.15) 1.17 (0.87, 1.56) 0.301

*Covariates in the multivariable model: age, sex, education level, marital status, smoking, alcohol drinking, physical activity, average days consuming fresh vegetables, fruits, and red meat per week, body mass index, fasting time, study area, and batch

The estimated proportion of CD4 + T cell, CD8 + T cell, B cell, natural killer, monocytes, and granulocyte

**Baseline cardiometabolic risk factors included prevalent diabetes, hypertension, and total cholesterol level