Table 5.

Associations between T. gondii seropositivity and vascular injury biomarkers, percent change in median biomarker level adjusted for covariates. Sociodemographic covariates in regression models for VCAM-1 and CRP were: gender, race, smoking, BMI, water supply type; for ICAM-1: race, smoking, BMI, water supply type; and for SAA: gender, race, and history of living on a farm

Model	T. gondii serostatus	VCAM-1		ICAM-1		CRP		SAA
		Effect estimate (95% CI)	p value	Effect estimate (95% CI)	p value	Effect estimate (95% CI)	p value	Effect estimate (95% CI)	p value
Model 1. Adjusted for age	Negative	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
	Positive	12 (4, 21)	0.002	15 (6, 26)	0.001	53 (7, 118)	0.02	21 (−11, 64)	0.22
Model 2. Adjusted for age and sociodemographic covariates	Negative	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
	Positive	11 (4, 20)	0.003	9 (1, 17)	0.04	36 (1, 83)	0.04	23 (−7, 64)	0.15
Model 3. Adjusted for model 2 covariates, CMV serostatus and diabetes.	Negative	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
	Positive	11 (4, 19)	0.004	8 (0, 17)	0.05	34 (0, 81)	0.05	22 (−8, 62)	0.18