Table 3.
Number of Korean women with risky and high-risk hs-CRP levels by oral contraceptive (OC) use.
| Characteristics | OC User (n = 699) |
Non-OC User (n = 4633) |
p-Value 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risky hs-CRP, n (% Within Group) | <0.001 | ||
| >1.0 mg/L | 188 (26.9) | 935 (20.2) | |
| ≤1.0 mg/L | 511 (73.1) | 3698 (79.8) | |
| High Risk hs-CRP, n (% Within Group) | 0.011 | ||
| >3.0 mg/L | 63 (9.0) | 297 (6.4) | |
| ≤3.0 mg/L | 636 (91.0) | 4336 (93.6) |
1p-values for differences between the OC use and non-use groups were determined by the Mantel–Haenszel chi-squared test. OC: oral contraceptive; hs- CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.