Table 4.
Associations with low-, moderate- and high-risk hs-CRP levels
| Hs-CRP risk levels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (With CRP) | Low (< 1 mg/l) | Moderate (1 to ≤3 mg/l) | High (> 3.0 to ≤ 8.9 mg/l) | Increasing hs-CRP risk levels | ||||||
| N = 171 | N = 107 | N = 44 | N = 20 | N = 171 | ||||||
| N (%) or median (q1, q3) | P a | COR (CI) | P b | AOR (CI) | P b | |||||
| Gender | Women | 66 (39) | 35 (33) | 19 (43) | 12 (60) | 0.017 | 2.0 (1.1–3.8) | 0.023 | – | NS |
| Men | 105 (61) | 72 (67) | 25 (57) | 8 (40) | ||||||
| Age | 42 (30, 50) | 42 (31, 50) | 40 (27, 51) | 42 (29, 53) | 0.73 c | 1.00 (0.97–1.02) | 0.72 | – | NS | |
| Abdominal obesity | 22 (13) | 7 (6) | 5 (11) | 10 (50) | < 0.001 | 7.0 (2.8–17.9) | < 0.001 | 5.3 (2.1–13.6) | < 0.001 | |
| HbA1c > 70 mmol/mol | 51 (30) | 27 (25) | 11 (25) | 13 (65) | 0.004 | 2.2 (1.2–4.3) | 0.016 | – | NS | |
| TC (mmol/l) | 4.6 (4.1, 5.2) | 4.5 (4.0, 5.1) | 4.8 (4.1, 5.4) | 4.8 (4.4, 6.0) | 0.035 c | 1.5 (1.2–2.0) | 0.002 | – | NS | |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 0.9 (0.7, 5.2) | 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) | 1.3 (0.9, 2.4) | < 0.001 c | 3.2 (1.9–5.7) | < 0.001 | 2.82 (1.68–4.93) | < 0.001 | |
| HDL (mmol/l) | 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) | 1.6 (1.3, 1.8) | 1.6 (1.3, 1.7) | 1.4 (1.1, 1.7) | 0.32 c | 0.6 (0.2–1.4) | 0.21 | – | NS | |
| LDL (mmol/l) | 2.9 (2.3, 3.3) | 2.7 (2.2, 3.2) | 2.9 (2.4, 3.6) | 3.2 (2.8, 3.6) | 0.010 c | 1.7 (1.2–2.4) | 0.002 | – | NS | |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 120 (115, 130) | 120 (115, 130) | 120 (110, 130) | 128 (120, 134) | 0.16 c | 1.02 (0.99–1.05) | 0.15 | – | NS | |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 70 (70, 75) | 70 (65, 75) | 70 (66, 80) | 75 (70, 78) | 0.036 c | 1.07 (1.02–1.12) | 0.003 | – | NS | |
| LLD | 82 (48) | 50 (47) | 21 (48) | 11 (55) | 0.55 | 1.2 (0.6–2.2) | 0,60 | – | NS | |
| AHD | 51 (30) | 31 (29) | 14 (32) | 6 (30) | 0.82 | 1.1 (0.6–2.1) | 0.78 | – | NS | |
| Smoking d | 18 (10) | 11 (10) | 5 (12) | 2 (10) | 0.96 | – | – | – | – | |
| Physical inactivity e | 22 (13) | 10 (10) | 10 (23) | 2 (10) | 0.28 | – | – | – | – | |
| CV complications | 7 (4) | 4 (4) | 0 | 3 (15) | 0.16 | 2.3 (0.4–12.1) | 0.30 | – | NS | |
NS Non-significant
a Linear-by-linear Association (Exact 2-sided) unless indicated. b Ordinal regression analyses. c Kruskal-Wallis test. Missing values: d n = 2; e n = 3. d, e Not included in the ordinal regression analyses