Table 3. Geometric Mean Values and Adjusted Differences (95% CI) in High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) across Small Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (sdLDL-C) Quartiles.

	Quartiles of sdLDL-C, mg/dL
	≦ 24.2	> 24.2 and ≦ 32.6	> 32.6 and ≦ 44.2	> 44.2
	N = 1,323	N = 1,317	N = 1,337	N = 1,328	P for trend
SdLDL-C, mg/dL	18.6	28.2	37.7	56.0	P < 0.001
Hs-CRP, mg/L	0.322	0.355	0.407	0.505	P < 0.001
model 1	0.331 (0.312–0.351)	0.359 (0.300–0.381)	0.404 (0.381–0.428)	0.490 (0.462–0.519)	P < 0.001
model 2	0.349 (0.329–0.371)	0.365 (0.344–0.387)	0.397 (0.374–0.421)	0.463 (0.436–0.492)	P < 0.001
model 3	0.361 (0.340–0.384)	0.371 (0.350–0.394)	0.395 (0.372–0.418)	0.444 (0.417–0.472)	P < 0.001

Data are expressed as geometric mean. Data (95% CI) in tables are estimated from linear regression models with adjustments for age, sex, and smoking status (model 1), as well as additionally for HOMA-IR (log-transformed), antidyslipidemic medication use, and antihyperglycemic medication use (model 2), and additionally for remnant-like particle cholesterol (RLP-C) (log-transformed) (model 3).