Table 2.

Bivariate Analysis of Log-Transformed C-Reactive Protein Against Selected Characteristics

Characteristic	β	95% CI	p-value
Periodontal Status			0.85
Severe vs. None/Mild	0.15	−0.39, 0.69	0.57
Moderate vs. None/Mild	0.10	−0.35, 0.55	0.65
Gender (Female vs. Male)	0.22	−0.09, 0.52	0.17
High Blood Pressure (Yes vs. No)	0.38	−0.07, 0.83	0.10
Smoking (Current/Former vs. Never)	0.04	−0.27, 0.35	0.81
Age (yrs)	0.003	−0.02, 0.03	0.83
BMI (kg/m2)	0.04	0.02, 0.06	0.001†
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.0004	−0.001, 0.002	0.62
HDL (mg/dL)	−0.01	−0.02, −0.001	0.03*

CI= Confidence Interval

^*p < .05,

^†p < .01