Table 2.
Univariable analysis. The relationship between Vascular Status Scores and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in univariable analyses
| VSSMedian | VSSTertile | VSSQuintile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β Median (95% CI) | p | β Tertile (95% CI) | p | β Quintile (95% CI) | p | |
| LDL | 0.10 (0.045; 0.16) | < 0.001 | 0.12 (0.024; 0.22) | 0.014 | 0.25 (0.073; 0.42) | 0.0054 |
| HDL | −0.011 (− 0.070; 0.047) | 0.71 | −0.013 (− 0.11; 0.86) | 0.80 | 0.008 (− 0.17; 0.18) | 0.93 |
| TG | 0.014 (−0.044; 0.073) | 0.63 | 0.089 (−0.0091; 0.19) | 0.075 | 0.13 (−0.046; 0.30) | 0.15 |
| CHOL | 0.97 (0.39; 0.16) | 0.0011 | 0.12 (0.022; 0.22) | 0.017 | 0.23 (0.061; 0.41) | 0.0082 |
| ApoB/ApoA-1 ratio | 0.077 (0.019; 0.14) | 0.010 | 0.068 (−0.031; 0.17) | 0.18 | 0.14 (−0.032; 0.32) | 0.11 |
| Insulin | 0.050 (−0.0091; 0.11) | 0.097 | 0.11 (0.10; 0.21) | 0.031 | 0.18 (0.005; 0.35) | 0.044 |
| Glucose | 0.061 (0.020; 0.12) | 0.043 | 0.10 (0.0021; 0.20) | 0.045 | 0.17 (−0.005; 0.34) | 0.056 |
| Body fat percentage | 0.10 (0.45; 0.16) | < 0.001 | 0.20 (0.10; 0.30) | < 0.001 | 0.36 (0.19; 0.54) | < 0.001 |
| CRP | 0.063 (0.0039; 0.12) | 0.037 | 0.17 (0.075; 0.27) | < 0.001 | 0.31 (0.13; 0.48) | < 0.001 |
| Orosomucoid | 0.067 (0.0085; 0.13) | 0.025 | 0.10 (0.0044; 0.20) | 0.041 | 0.16 (−0.016; 0.33) | 0.076 |
| Estrogen contraceptive use (yes/no) | 0.0074 (−0.16; 0.17) | 0.93 | 0.13 (−0.15; 0.40) | 0.36 | 0.30 (−0.19; 0.78) | 0.23 |
β β coefficient. CI confidence interval. The variables were z score transformed before regression analysis. Abbreviations: see Table 1