Table 3.

Potential predictors of GCA in bivariate analyses using conditional logistic regression models, stratified by sex

Variables		All			Women		Men
		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
BMI (per kg/m2)		0.90	0.82, 0.98		0.86	0.76, 0.98	0.95	0.82, 1.10
fB-glucose (per S.d.)		0.35	0.17, 0.71		0.67	0.35, 1.25	0.07	0.01, 0.30
Cholesterol (per S.d.)		0.58	0.42, 0.81		0.55	0.35, 0.85	0.63	0.38, 1.03
Triglycerides (per S.d.)		0.45	0.27, 0.74		0.34	0.15, 0.75	0.55	0.30, 1.01
Current smoking	No	1.00 (ref)			1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)
	Yes	0.35	0.18, 0.70		0.48	0.19, 1.19	0.24	0.09, 0.70
Ever smoking	No	1.00 (ref)			1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)
	Yes	0.57	0.32, 1.03		0.82	0.40, 1.68	0.29	0.11, 0.78
Hypertension	No	1.00 (ref)			1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)
	Yes	1.15	0.64, 2.06		0.97	0.46, 2.04	1.52	0.58, 3.95
Triceps skinfold index (per S.d.)		1.04	0.72, 1.51	0.90		0.54, 1.51	1.21	0.71, 2.09

S.d. values: fB-glucose 1.5 mmol/l, cholesterol 1.0 mmol/l, triglycerides 0.8 mmol/l, triceps skinfold index 24.6.