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. 2015 Mar 15;8(3):4446–4454.

Table 5.

The relationship between increased or decreased* biochemical indexes related smoking and the risk of cardiovascular disease

Hypertension Coronary Heart Disease Ischemic Stroke

OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Uric acid level
    Age-, sex-adjusted 1.589 (0.821-3.078) 0.170 3.161 (1.771-5.643) 0.000 0.425 (0.232-0.781) 0.006
    Multivariate-adjusted** 0.938 (0.368-2.390) 0.894 2.478 (1.173-5.237) 0.017 0.280 (0.141-0.557) 0.000
SOD level
    Age-, sex-adjusted 0.884 (0.425-1.839) 0.742 2.344 (1.283-4.283) 0.006 0.827 (0.446-1.531) 0.545
    Multivariate-adjusted** 2.748 (1.151-6.561) 0.023 2.343 (1.155-4.752) 0.018 2.168 (1.056-4.453) 0.035
Homocysteine level
    Age-, sex-adjusted 1.478 (0.725-3.014) 0.283 1.626 (0.901-2.934) 0.106 1.372 (0.750-2.512) 0.305
    Multivariate-adjusted2 0.816 (0.320-2.078) 0.670 0.980 (0.453-2.121) 0.959 1.919 (0.936-3.932) 0.075
Folate level
    Age-, sex-adjusted 0.648 (0.216-1.944) 0.439 0.809 (0.335-1.958) 0.639 1.937 (0.799-4.697) 0.143
    Multivariate-adjusted** 0.650 (0.168-2.507) 0.532 0.788 (0.293-2.122) 0.638 1.736 (0.704-4.281) 0.231
*

UA and Hcy, the highest quintile compared with the lowest quintile; SOD and Folate, the lowest quintile compared with the highest quintile;

**

Adjusted for age, sex, diabetic status, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, serum creatinine, C reactive protein, leisure time physical activity, drinking, and use of aspirin in the past month.