Table 5.
Year of study-, gender-, age-, and smoking-adjusted linear regression models for determinants of inflammation in all participants.
| Model 1: log usCRP | Model 2: log gamma GT | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 95% confidence interval | p value | B | 95% confidence interval | p value | |||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||
| Year of study (2014/16) | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.001 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.033 |
| Gender (men) | -0.04 | -0.09 | 0.02 | 0.200 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.11 | <0.001 |
| Age | 0.09 | -0.08 | 0.26 | 0.316 | -0.28 | -0.37 | -0.18 | <0.001 |
| Current smokers | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.14 | <0.001 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.08 | <0.001 |
| Education (<7 years) | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.002 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.040 |
| Current drinkers | -0.05 | -0.10 | 0.00 | 0.040 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.14 | <0.001 |
| Waist circumference | 0.75 | 0.49 | 1.01 | <0.001 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.48 | <0.001 |
| Hip circumference | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 0.001 | -0.29 | -0.43 | -0.14 | <0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure | -0.04 | -0.14 | 0.06 | 0.414 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.17 | <0.001 |
| Fasting glucose∗ | -0.36 | -0.71 | -0.01 | 0.043 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.017 |
| 2 hr glucose∗ | 0.41 | 0.21 | 0.60 | <0.001 | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.40 | <0.001 |
| HbA1c | 4.88 | 1.16 | 8.74 | 0.010 | -1.97 | -3.92 | 0.02 | 0.052 |
| Fasting insulin∗ | -0.01 | -0.07 | 0.06 | 0.872 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.004 |
| 2 hr insulin∗ | -0.03 | -0.09 | 0.04 | 0.442 | -0.01 | -0.04 | 0.03 | 0.673 |
| HDL-C∗ | -0.65 | -0.86 | -0.44 | <0.001 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.70 | <0.001 |
| LDL-C∗ | -0.09 | -0.25 | 0.08 | 0.296 | -0.10 | -0.19 | -0.01 | 0.031 |
| Triglycerides∗ | -0.13 | -0.25 | -0.02 | 0.022 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.36 | <0.001 |
| C-reactive protein∗ | — | — | — | — | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.10 | <0.001 |
| Gamma GT∗ | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.33 | <0.001 | — | — | — | — |
∗Log transformed; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; usCRP: ultrasensitive C-reactive protein; gamma GT: gamma-glutamyl transferase.