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. 2020 May 21;26(19):2416–2426. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i19.2416

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.