Table 3.

Uni- and multivariate regression analysis with HbAlc (mmol/mol) as the dependent variable. The regression coefficient corresponds to a one-unit change of the dependent variable

	Univariate regression
	Regression coefficient	95% CI	P-value
Age, y	1.333		0.264
Sex	0.806		0.695
BMI	1.634		0.139
VO2peak, mL/min/kg	1.200		0.350
Heart rate, bpm	2.682		0.016
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	0.403		0.982
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	1.467		0.982
Serum glucose (fasting), mmol/L	6.194		< 0.0001
Serum glucose (2 h) mmol/L	1.412		0.223
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	2.339		0.031
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L	2.295		0.034
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	0.905		0.597
hsCRP, mg/L	6.725		< 0.0001
Plaque Index (PI)	1.651		0.134
Probing depth, mm	0.888		0.614
Bleeding (BOP), %	6.21		< 0.0001
Clinical Case Definition, CDC-AAP
No or mild Periodontitis	0.299		0.997
Moderate Periodontitis	0.950		0.553
Severe Periodontitis	1.367		0.245
	Multivariate regression
	Regression	95% CI	P-value
	coefficient
Serum glucose (fasting), mmol/L	3.666	2.239; 5.093	< 0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	−0.242	−0.459; −0.025	0.030
Probing depth, mm	6.845	0.480; 13.210	0.036
BMI	0.796	0.330; 1.262	0.001

CI confidence interval