Table 5.

Adjusted odds ratios and 95% CI for carotid artery plaque stratified by age for women.

	Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) for carotid plaque
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Ptrend
Total WBC count (× 109/L)
<45 years	1.00	0.15 (0.01–1.76)	0.88 (0.16–5.00)	0.16 (0.01–2.07)	0.263
45–65 years	1.00	1.02 (0.60–1.72)	1.05 (0.60–1.85)	0.89 (0.46–1.73)	0.656
≥65 years	1.00	0.81 (0.19–3.42)	0.87 (0.16–4.63)	0.39 (0.09–1.65)	0.206
Pinteraction	0.111
Neutrophils (× 109/L)
<45 years	1.00	1.19 (0.19–7.30)	1.23 (0.20–7.40)	0.18 (0.01–2.37)	0.149
45–65 years	1.00	1.23 (0.71–2.12)	1.30 (0.72–2.37)	1.94 (1.02–2.67)	0.510
≥65 years	1.00	0.64 (0.15–2.75)	0.80 (0.15–4.24)	0.27 (0.06–1.18)	0.366
Pinteraction	0.168
Lymphocytes (× 109/L)
<45 years	1.00	0.35 (0.05–2.50)	2.27 (0.40–2.51)	0.54 (0.05–2.51)	0.757
45–65 years	1.00	0.76 (0.44–1.30)	0.71 (0.39–1.29)	0.98 (0.52–1.83)	0.440
≥65 years	1.00	1.31 (0.26–6.61)	0.66 (0.14–2.99)	0.51 (0.11–2.29)	0.520
Pinteraction	0.471
Monocytes (× 109/L)
<45 years	1.00	2.20 (0.34–14.47)	8.26 (1.28–53.25)*	–	0.921
45–65 years	1.00	0.83 (0.50–1.36)	1.12 (0.62–2.04)	0.85 (0.38–1.92)	0.703
≥65 years	1.00	0.56 (0.15–2.07)	0.73 (0.14–3.86)	0.26 (0.04–1.63)	0.164
Pinteraction	0.235
Eosinophils (× 109/L)
<45 years	1.00	0.52 (0.08–3.39)	1.22 (0.22–6.63)	–	0.378
45–65 years	1.00	1.02 (0.57–1.81)	1.43 (0.81–2.53)	1.02 (0.54–1.93)	0.728
≥65 years	1.00	0.48 (0.09–2.71)	0.50 (0.09–2.85)	0.90 (0.15–5.53)	0.314
Pinteraction	0.066
Basophils (× 109/L)
<45 years	1.00	0.52 (0.09–2.91)	0.26 (0.02–2.94)	0.67 (0.10–2.91)	0.626
45–65 years	1.00	0.88 (0.53–1.46)	0.82 (0.45–1.51)	0.73 (0.38–1.41)	0.308
≥65 years	1.00	0.14 (0.03–0.75)*	0.16 (0.03–0.93)*	0.22 (0.04–1.26)	0.470
Pinteraction	0.435

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 compared with Q1 (Bonferroni).