Table 1.
Distribution of CHD Risk Factors According to the Quartiles of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and Immunoglobulin A (IgA)
| Immunoglobulin A (µg/mL) |
Immunoglobulin G (µg/mL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 58.3 (10.1) | 59.6 (9.7) | 59.7 (9.37) | 61.5 (8.8) | 61.6 (9.6) | 58.7 (9.3) | 58.9 (9.7) | 59.9 (9.4) |
| BMI (mean ± SD ) Kg/M2 | 24.7 ( 3.6) | 24.8 (2.82) | 25.2 (4.11) | 25.4 (3.99) | 24.5 (3.7) | 25.0 (3.2) | 25.2 (3.6) | 25.4 (4.1) |
| Number of teeth(mean ± SD) | 15.1 (11.3) | 13.9 (10.3) | 11.9 (9.8) | 10.8 (10.4) | 7.01 (9.7) | 12.7 (10.1) | 14.6 (10.2) | 17.0 (9.7) |
| Asymptotic Dental Score(mean ± SD) | 6.3 ( 7.3 ) | 7.32 (8.72) | 8.95 (8.6) | 10.3 (8.8) | 11.6 (8.4) | 7.2 (7.8) | 7.5 (8.8) | 6.6 (8.1) |
| Diabetes, N (%) | 6 (4.96) | 9 (7.38) | 19 (15.7) | 16 (13.6) | 12 (10.3) | 12 (9.9) | 14 (11) | 12 (10.1) |
| Smoking N (%) | ||||||||
| Never smokers | 85 (69.11) | 76 (61.79) | 80 (64.5) | 90 (75.0) | 70 (59.3) | 81 (65.3) | 85 (66.9) | 95 (78.5) |
| Past smokers | 25 (20.3) | 34 (27.6) | 28 (22.6) | 22 (18.3) | 24 (20.3) | 31 (25.0) | 35 (27.6) | 19 (15.7) |
| Current smokers | 13 (10.6) | 13 (10.6) | 16 (12.9) | 8 (6.7) | 24 (20.3) | 12 ( 9.7) | 7 (5.5) | 7 (5.8) |
| Total/HDL cholesterol ratio (mean ± SD) | 5.0 (1.52) | 4.9 (1.42) | 5.1 (1.31) | 5.2 (1.29) | 5.0 (1.5) | 4.9 (1.3) | 5.1 (1.4) | 5.1 (1.4) |
| LDL cholesterol* (mmol/L) mean (± SD) | 3.7 (0.95) | 3.7 (0.88) | 3.6 (0.89) | 3.5 (0.88) | 3.5 (0.9) | 3.6 (0.9) | 3.7 (0.9) | 3.6 (0.9) |
| Triglyceride (mmol/L) mean (± SD) | 1.9 (1.17) | 1.7 (0.77) | 2.1 (1.22) | 2.0 (0.98) | 2.0 (1.1) | 1.9 (0.9) | 2.0 (1.2) | 2.0 (0.9) |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) mean (± SD) | 1.2 (0.3) | 1.2 (0.33) | 1.2 (0.30) | 1.13 (0.31) | 1.2 (0.4) | 1.2 (0.3) | 1.2 (0.3) | 1.2 (0.3) |
| C-reactive protein mg/L (Log-transformed mean ± SD) | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 2.0 ± 1.0 | 2.3 ± 1.0 | 2.1 ± 1.0 | 2.3 ± 1.1 | 2.2 ± 0.93 | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 2.09 ± 1.04 |
*
LDL cholesterol was calculated by the Friedewald equation.
Due to missing values, for some variables of N < 506.
Medians were compared by non-parametric methods.
Asymptotic Dental Score: mathematically compiled oral infection score.