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Published in final edited form as: Immunology. 2023 Dec 26;171(4):497–512. doi: 10.1111/imm.13739

Table 7. Cross-sectional associations between inflammation-related diseases and GlycA and hsCRP in UKB.

Variable Model 1 Model 2* Model 3 ** (n=91245)
Beta (se) 95% CI p Beta (se) 95% CI p Beta (se) 95% CI p
CRP
Arthritis 0.01 (0.0003) 0.009, 0.01 <0.001 0.01 (0.0003) 0.008, 0.01 <0.001 0.01 (0.0004) 0.008, 0.01 <0.001
Asthma 0.02 (0.001) 0.020, 0.023 <0.001 0.02 (0.001) 0.019, 0.023 <0.001 0.01 (0.001) 0.01, 0.02 <0.001
Systemic Lupus Erthematosis 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.00001, 0.0002 0.0812 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.085 0.0001 (0.001) -0.00003, 0.0002 0.120
Multiple Sclerosis 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0005, 0.001 <0.001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0005, 0.001 <0.001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0003, 0.001 0.0003
Sinusitis 0.001 (0.0002) 0.001, 0.002 <0.001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.001, 0.002 <0.001 0.001 (0.0003) 0.001, 0.002 <0.001
Diabetes 0.03 (0.001) 0.024, 0.027 <0.001 0.03 (0.001) 0.02, 0.024 <0.001 0.0003 (0.001) -0.001, 0.002 0.415
Crohn’s disease 0.002 (0.0002) 0.002, 0.003 <0.001 0.002 (0.0002) 0.002, 0.003 <0.001 0.003 (0.0002) 0.002, 0.003 <0.001
Eczema 0.001 (0.0002) 0.001, 0.002 <0.001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.001, 0.002 0.001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0004, 0.001 <0.001
Hepatitis C. 0.00003 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.691 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.420 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0003 0.148
Clusters
Atopy 0.02 (0.001) 0.02, 0.03 < 0.001 0.02 (0.001) 0.021, 0.024 < 0.001 0.01 (0.001) 0.01, 0.02 <0.001
Infection 0.001 (0.0003) 0.001, 0.002 < 0.001 0.001 (0.0003) 0.001, 0.002 <0.001 0.001 (0.003) 0.001, 0.002 <0.001
Autoimmune 0.04 (0.001) 0.039, 0.042 < 0.001 0.04 (0.001) 0.036, 0.040 <0.001 0.01 (0.001) 0.01, 0.02 <0.001
GlycA
Arthritis 0.01 (0.0003) 0.006, 0.007 <0.001 0.01 (0.0003) 0.005, 0.007 <0.001 0.005 (0.0004) 0.004, 0.01 <0.001
Asthma 0.02 (0.001) 0.016, 0.02 <0.001 0.02 (0.001) 0.015, 0.02 <0.001 0.01 (0.001) 0.007, 0.01 <0.001
Systemic Lupus Erthematosis 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.334 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.323 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.417
Multiple Sclerosis 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0003, 0.001 0.0001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0004, 0.001 <0.001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0002, 0.001 0.002
Sinusitis 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0005, 0.001 0.0001 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0004, 0.001 <0.001 0.001 (0.0003) 0.0003, 0.001 0.002
Diabetes 0.03 (0.001) 0.027, 0.03 <0.001 0.03 (0.001) 0.02, 0.03 <0.001 0.01 (0.001) 0.007, 0.01 <0.001
Chron’s disease 0.002 (0.0002) 0.002, 0.003 <0.001 0.002 (0.0002) 0.002, 0.003 <0.001 0.003 (0.0002) 0.002, 0.003 <0.001
Eczema 0.001 (0.0002) 0.0003, 0.001 0.0004 0.001 (0.0002) 0.001, 0.003 0.001 0.0003 (0.0002) -0.0002, 0.001 0.261
Hepatitis C. 0.00001 (0.0001) -0.0002. 0.0002 0.881 0.00004 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.625 0.0001 (0.0001) -0.0001, 0.0002 0.493
Clusters
Atopy 0.02 (0.001) 0.016, 0.02 < 0.001 0.02 (0.001) 0.016, 0.019 <0.001 0.01 (0.001) 0.007, 0.01 <0.001
Infection 0.001 (0.0003) 0.0005, 0.001 < 0.001 0.001 (0.0003) 0.0005, 0.002 <0.001 0.001 (0.003) 0.0003, 0.001 0.002
Autoimmune 0.04 (0.001) 0.04, 0.042 < 0.001 0.04 (0.001) 0.03, 0.04 <0.001 0.02 (0.001) 0.01, 0.02 <0.001
*

Adjusted for age and sex

**

Adjusted for age, sex, SEP, BMI, ethnicity, smoking status, and drinking status.