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. 2019 Nov 13;18:151. doi: 10.1186/s12933-019-0958-2

Table 3.

Association [HR (95% CI)] between baseline levels of lysine, 2-aminoadipic acid and pipecolic acid with cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 p linear trend 1 SD increase
Baseline lysine
 Outcome: T2D
  Basic modela Ref. 1.10 (0.70–1.71) 1.47 (0.95–2.28) 1.24 (0.80–1.92) 0.189 1.11 (0.96–1.29)
  MV adjusted modelb Ref. 1.19 (0.67–2.11) 1.56 (0.88–2.75) 1.66 (0.96–2.86) 0.038 1.26 (1.06–1.51)
  MV adjusted for 2-AAA and pipec. Ref. 1.17 (0.67–2.07) 1.52 (0.85–2.70) 1.50 (0.87–2.60) 0.113 1.20 (0.99–1.44)
 Outcome: CVD
  Basic modela Ref. 0.86 (0.55–1.34) 0.96 (0.61–1.51) 0.94 (0.60–1.47) 0.897 0.99 (0.81–1.20)
  MV adjusted modelc Ref. 0.80 (0.48–1.29) 1.01 (0.62–1.65) 0.84 (0.51–1.38) 0.718 0.98 (0.82–1.17)
  MV adjusted for 2-AAA and pipec. Ref. 0.78 (0.49–1.35) 0.99 (0.61–1.60) 0.82 (0.49–1.35) 0.636 0.98 (0.82–1.17)
Baseline 2-AAA
 Outcome: T2D
  Basic modela Ref. 0.95 (0.59–1.54) 1.40 (0.89–2.21) 1.92 (1.23–1.54) 0.001 1.29 (1.10–1.52)
  MV adjusted modelb Ref. 1.28 (0.66–2.50) 1.51 (0.82–2.77) 1.94 (1.03–3.63) 0.026 1.28 (1.05–1.55)
  MV adjusted for lysine and pipec. Ref. 1.32 (0.68–2.59) 1.43 (0.77–2.63) 1.81 (0.97–3.37) 0.050 1.21 (0.99–1.47)
 Outcome: CVD
  Basic modela Ref. 1.11 (0.70–1.74) 0.94 (0.59–1.51) 1.21 (0.76–1.90) 0.532 1.06 (0.90–1.23)
  MV adjusted modelc Ref. 1.18 (0.73–1.91) 0.84 (0.51–1.40) 1.13 (0.69–1.83) 0.894 1.00 (0.85–1.18)
  MV adjusted for lysine and pipec. Ref. 1.20 (0.74–1.95) 0.86 (0.51–1.43) 1.19 (0.71–1.99) 0.766 1.01 (0.85–1.20)
Baseline pipecolic acid
 Outcome: T2D
  Basic modela Ref. 1.32 (0.86–2.02) 1.13 (0.72–1.78) 1.46 (0.93–2.31) 0.171 1.13 (0.96–1.32)
  MV adjusted modelb Ref. 1.24 (0.72–2.14) 0.97 (0.55–1.71) 1.37 (0.78–2.41) 0.411 1.13 (0.92–1.13)
  MV adjusted for lysine and 2-AAA Ref. 1.07 (0.62–1.87) 0.86 (0.49–1.51) 1.32 (0.74–2.36) 0.506 1.08 (0.88–1.32)
 Outcome: CVD
  Basic modela Ref. 0.69 (0.44–1.09) 0.77 (0.49–1.21) 0.93 (0.61–1.42) 0.948 1.03 (0.88–1.20)
  MV adjusted modelc Ref. 0.71 (0.45–1.11) 0.68 (0.42–1.11) 0.84 (0.55–1.38) 0.610 0.99 (0.83–1.18)
  MV adjusted for lysine and 2-AAA Ref. 0.70 (0.43–1.14) 0.70 (0.43–1.14) 0.88 (0.55–1.41) 0.669 0.99 (0.82–1.20)

CVD cardiovascular disease, T2D type 2 diabetes, MV mutivariable

aAdjusted for age, sex and intervention

bBasic model additionally adjusted for BMI, smoking, dyslipidemia, hypertension and baseline plasma glucose

cBasic model additionally adjusted for BMI, smoking, dyslipidemia, hypertension, T2D, family history of CVD