Table 4.
Adjusted odds ratios and 95% CI for carotid artery plaque stratified by age for men.
| Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) for carotid plaque | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Ptrend | |
| Total WBC count (× 109/L) | |||||
| <45 years | 1.00 | 1.50 (0.64–3.53) | 1.64 (0.72–3.70) | 1.85 (0.83–4.10) | 0.170 |
| 45–65 years | 1.00 | 1.16 (0.81–1.65) | 1.11 (0.78–1.58) | 1.82 (1.28–2.59)*** | <0.001 |
| ≥65 years | 1.00 | 1.80 (0.46–7.09) | 0.70 (0.18–2.71) | 1.74 (0.44–6.92) | 0.479 |
| Pinteraction | 0.807 | ||||
| Neutrophils (× 109/L) | |||||
| <45 years | 1.00 | 2.44 (0.96–6.20) | 2.96 (1.17–7.48)* | 3.18 (1.26–8.03)* | 0.071 |
| 45–65 years | 1.00 | 1.26 (0.88–1.81) | 1.59 (1.12–2.25)** | 1.93 (1.35–2.78)*** | 0.012 |
| ≥65 years | 1.00 | 1.32 (0.35–5.02) | 3.46 (0.73–16.41) | 1.55 (0.41–5.93) | 0.218 |
| Pinteraction | 0.333 | ||||
| Lymphocytes (× 109/L) | |||||
| <45 years | 1.00 | 0.90 (0.39–2.08) | 0.65 (0.28–1.53) | 1.15 (0.52–2.55) | 0.725 |
| 45–65 years | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.69–1.41) | 1.12 (0.78–1.62) | 1.41 (0.98–2.05) | 0.047 |
| ≥65 years | 1.00 | 0.57 (0.16–2.07) | 1.22 (0.25–5.85) | 0.58 (0.15–2.34) | 0.274 |
| Pinteraction | 0.426 | ||||
| Monocytes (× 109/L) | |||||
| <45 years | 1.00 | 1.60 (0.76–3.36) | 0.87 (0.41–1.85) | 1.31 (0.62–2.77) | 0.770 |
| 45–65 years | 1.00 | 1.15 (0.82–1.62) | 1.56 (1.09–2.23)* | 2.29 (1.59–3.30)*** | <0.001 |
| ≥65 years | 1.00 | 3.29 (0.78–13.78) | 0.99 (0.28–3.49) | 24.40 (2.48–239.75)** | 0.104 |
| Pinteraction | 0.341 | ||||
| Eosinophils (× 109/L) | |||||
| <45 years | 1.00 | 1.63 (0.75–3.52) | 1.70 (0.80–3.60) | 1.28 (0.58–2.81) | 0.602 |
| 45–65 years | 1.00 | 1.06 (0.73–1.53) | 1.16 (0.82–1.64) | 1.23 (0.87–1.75) | 0.584 |
| ≥65 years | 1.00 | 2.53 (0.66–9.67) | 2.41 (0.68–8.51) | 7.13 (1.61–31.64) | 0.394 |
| Pinteraction | 0.911 | ||||
| Basophils (× 109/L) | |||||
| <45 years | 1.00 | 1.56 (0.77–3.15) | 1.44 (0.68–3.07) | 1.01 (0.47–2.17) | 0.711 |
| 45–65 years | 1.00 | 1.01 (0.74–1.37) | 1.47 (1.03–2.08)* | 1.63 (1.14–2.32)** | 0.921 |
| ≥65 years | 1.00 | 10.94 (1.19–100.27)* | 2.02 (0.51–8.01) | 2.09 (0.67–6.54) | 0.675 |
| Pinteraction | 0.884 | ||||
Model adjusted for BMI, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, and uric acid.
WBC, white blood cell.
*
P ≤ 0.05,
**
P ≤ 0.01, and
***
P ≤ 0.001 compared with Q1 (Bonferroni). Bold P indicates statistical significance.