Table 3.
Comparison between quartiles of baseline gamma-glutamyl transferase level and median 10-year cardiovascular disease risk according to QRISK2, median (interquartile range)
Quartiles | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P value |
Patients, n = 1122 | 279 | 273 | 282 | 288 | |
Median GGT (U/L) | 29 (23-33) | 48 (43-56) | 81 (71-89) | 151 (122-220) | |
High CVD risk (%) | 84 (30.1) | 86 (31.5) | 61 (21.6) | 91 (31.6) | 0.025 |
Median 10-year, CVD risk (%) | 6.1 (2.7-11.2) | 6.6 (2.9-11.9) | 4.7 (2.4-9.1) | 6.4 (2.6-12.9) | < 0.001 |
CVD: Cardiovascular disease; GGT: Gamma-glutamyl transferase; Q: Quartiles.