Table 1.
Variables analyzed by chi-square with CAD as outcome
| Analyzed variables | CAD n = 80 | OR | CI (95%) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (%) | Absent (%) | Min. | Max. | ||||
| Age | ≥ 60 years | 31 (59.6) | 10 (35.7) | 2.65 | 1.02 | 6.87 | 0.04 |
| ≤ 59 years | 21 (40.4) | 18 (64.3) | |||||
| Gender | Male | 32 (61.5) | 9 (32.1) | 3.37 | 1.28 | 8.9 | 0.01 |
| Female | 20 (38.5) | 19 (67.9) | |||||
| Overweight and obesity | BMI ≥ 25 | 30(57.7) | 22 (78.6) | 2.68 | 0.93 | 7.73 | 0.35 |
| BMI ≤ 24 | 22 (42.3) | 6 (21.4) | |||||
| Ethnicity | White | 45 (86.5) | 22 (78.6) | 1.75 | 0.52 | 5.84 | 0.06 |
| Non-White | 7 (13.5) | 6 (21.4) | |||||
| Periodontitis | Present | 26 (50%) | 6 (21.4) | 3.66 | 1.27 | 10.5 | 0.01 |
| Absent | 26 (50%) | 22 (78.6) | |||||
| CRP +1444 C>TRS 1130864 | T Allele | 43 (82.7) | 12 (42.9) | 6.37 | 2.25 | 17.9 | 0.001 |
| Non T allele | 9 (17.3) | 16 (57.1) | |||||
| IL6-174 G>CRS 1800795 | C Allele | 30 (57.7) | 9 (32.1) | 2.87 | 1.09 | 7.55 | 0.029 |
| Non C allele | 22 (42.3) | 19 (67.9) | |||||
CAD: coronary artery disease; OR: Odds Ratio, CI: confidence interval, significant when the range does not contain the unit. significant p-value < 0.05.
Source: The author.