Table 2.
Relations between mitochondrial DNA damage and vascular risk factors
| Mitochondrial DNA damage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivariate | Multivariable | |||
| β (SE) | P | β (SE) | P | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.220 (0.110) | <0.001 | 0.213 (0.127) | 0.002 |
| Atherosclerosis | 0.153 (0.115) | 0.01 | 0.140 (0.134) | 0.04 |
| Hypertension | 0.107 (0.112) | 0.08 | −0.037 (0.137) | 0.6 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 0.136 (0.120) | 0.02 | 0.093 (0.124) | 0.1 |
| Smoking ever | 0.034 (0.115) | 0.6 | −0.007 (0.117) | 0.9 |
| Age, years | 0.003 (0.006) | 0.6 | −0.030 (0.007) | 0.6 |
| Sex | 0.046 (0.115) | 0.4 | 0.023 (0.120) | 0.7 |
| Race | 0.012 (0.115) | 0.842 | 0.002 (0.124) | 0.9 |
| BMI | 0.099 (0.008) | 0.1 | 0.043 (0.009) | 0.5 |