Table 3. Associations of retinal vascular calibers with biochemical parameters.
Retinal Arteriolar Caliber (microns) | Retinal Venular Caliber (microns) | |||||||
Risk Factors | Unit Change | β ± SE | Sβ | Pr > |t| | β ± SE | Sβ | Pr > |t| | |
Model 1 * | logeCRP | Per 0.1 log | 0.14±0.09 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.58±0.12 | 0.13 | 0.0001 |
Orosomucoid | Per 0.2 g/l | 0.11±0.4 | 0.008 | 0.78 | 1.28±0.5 | 0.06 | 0.02 | |
SOD- 2 | Per 0.3 UM | −0.86±0.5 | −0.05 | 0.07 | 0.84±0.6 | 0.04 | 0.16 | |
GPx-3 Activity | Per 200 UM | 1.33±0.4 | 0.09 | 0.0008 | 0.74±0.5 | 0.04 | 0.15 | |
Model 2 † | logeCRP | Per 0.1 log | 0.18±0.1 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.51±0.1 | 0.12 | 0.0001 |
Orosomucoid | Per 0.2 g/l | 0.10±0.4 | 0.007 | 0.85 | 1.26±0.4 | 0.06 | 0.01 | |
SOD- 2 | Per 0.3 UM | −0.74±0.4 | −0.04 | 0.09 | 0.70±0.7 | 0.05 | 0.22 | |
GPx-3 Activity | Per 200 UM | 1.20±0.4 | 0.08 | 0.003 | 0.61±0.5 | 0.03 | 0.23 | |
Model 3 § | logeCRP | Per 0.1 log | 0.17±0.2 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.54±0.1 | 0.12 | 0.0001 |
Orosomucoid | Per 0.2 g/l | 0.10±0.4 | 0.007 | 0.85 | 1.34±0.6 | 0.07 | 0.01 | |
SOD- 2 | Per 0.3 UM | −0.63±0.4 | −0.03 | 0.12 | 0.59±0.8 | 0.04 | 0.35 | |
GPx-3 Activity | Per 200 UM | 1.08±0.4 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.79±0.6 | 0.04 | 0.15 |
Abbreviations: logeCRP, logarithmic of high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein; SOD- 2, superoxide dismutase 2; GPx-3, glutathione peroxidase activity; β, regression coefficient estimated by multivariate linear regression, SE β; standard error β; Sβ, standardized regression coefficient (computed by multiplying the original estimates by the sample standard deviation of the regressor and divising by the sample standard deviation of the retinal vascular caliber).
Model 1: gender-adjusted association of retinal vascular caliber.
Model 2: Multivariate association of retinal vascular caliber adjusted for age (years), gender (male vs. female), hypertension status (hypertensive vs. normotensive), current smoking status (current vs. never/past), body mass index (kg/m2), high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l), estimated glomerular filtration rate (Modification of the Diet in Renal Disease, ml/min/1.73 m2), and logarithmic of high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein for SOD-2 and GPX-3, and GPX-3 for logeCRP and Orosomucoid.
Model 3 : model 2 after exclusion of 138 diabetic subjects.