Table 3.
Association between cytokines, clinical characteristics, and the presence of acute CAD was assessed by simple linear regression analysis and subsequent binary linear regression analysis.
| Variables | Simple linear | Binary linear | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | 95% CI | P value | β | 95% CI | P value | |
| ADAMTS-5 | -0.518 | -0.653 to -0.383 | <0.001 | -0.352 | -0.081 to -0.032 | <0.001 |
| MMP-2 | 0.361 | 0.214 to 0.508 | <0.001 | 0.147 | 0.000 to 0.024 | 0.045 |
| MMP-9 | 0.365 | 0.219 to 0.512 | <0.001 | 0.163 | 0.000 to 0.004 | 0.028 |
| CRP | 0.303 | 0.153 to 0.454 | <0.001 | 0.144 | 0.000 to 0.014 | 0.041 |
| Gender | -0.068 | -0.225 to 0.090 | 0.397 | |||
| Age | 0.123 | -0.034 to 0.279 | 0.124 | |||
| Smoking | -0.133 | -0.289 to 0.023 | 0.094 | |||
| SBP | -0.030 | -0.187 to 0.128 | 0.712 | |||
| DBP | 0.013 | -0.145 to 0.171 | 0.871 | |||
| Glu | 0.010 | -0.100 to 0.121 | 0.855 | |||
| TC | -0.071 | -0.228 to 0.086 | 0.375 | |||
| TG | 0.024 | -0.134 to 0.181 | 0.766 | |||
| HDL-C | -0.095 | -0.252 to 0.061 | 0.231 | |||
| LDL-C | -0.082 | -0.239 to 0.075 | 0.304 | |||
ADAMTS-5: a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motif-5; MMP-2: matrix metalloproteinase-2; MMP-9: matrix metalloproteinase-9; CRP: C-reactive protein; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; Glu: fasting glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: total triglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.