Table 2.

Associations between differentially expressed proteins or neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and presence of carotid artery plaques and coronary artery calcium score > 100 in patients with psoriasis without cardiovascular disease and statin treatment.

	Carotid artery plaques (n = 36)		Coronary artery calcium score (n = 34)
	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
GDF-15	1.30 (1.09–1.61)	0.007	1.70 (1.34–2.33)	< 0.001
TRANCE	0.87 (0.70–1.05)	0.154	0.92 (0.75–1.12)	0.388
TRAIL	0.59 (0.39–0.86)	0.010	0.79 (0.55–1.10)	0.169
NLR	1.32 (0.75–2.41)	0.340	1.06 (0.61–1.84)	0.847

For methodological details, see text.

GDF-15 growth differentiation factor-15, TRANCE tumor necrosis factor-related activation-induced cytokine, TRAIL tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.