Table 2.
Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval for the association between remnant cholesterol and atherosclerosis.
| Outcomes | Remnant cholesterol, mmol/L |
P for trend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 (<0.22) | Q2 (0.22–0.50) | Q3 (0.50–1.01) | Q4 (≥1.01) | Per 1 mmol/L increase | ||
| ICAS | ||||||
| Unadjusted | Reference | 1.13(0.86–1.50) | 1.21(0.92–1.60) | 1.82(1.41–2.36) | 1.28(1.15–1.42) | <0.0001 |
| Adjusted | Reference | 1.04(0.77–1.40) | 1.08(0.81–1.46) | 1.61(1.21–2.15) | 1.23(1.10–1.38) | <0.0001 |
| Carotid plaque | ||||||
| Unadjusted | Reference | 1.11(0.92–1.33) | 1.66(1.38–2.00) | 2.07(1.71–2.50) | 1.32(1.21–1.43) | 0.0695 |
| Adjusted | Reference | 0.93(0.75–1.16) | 1.30(1.04–1.62) | 1.60(1.27–2.01) | 1.14(1.02–1.26) | <0.0001 |
| CAS | ||||||
| Unadjusted | Reference | 1.06(0.89–1.28) | 1.60(1.33–1.92) | 1.97(1.63–2.37) | 1.31(1.20–1.42) | 0.0295 |
| Adjusted | Reference | 0.88(0.71–1.09) | 1.24(1.00–1.54) | 1.51(1.21–1.90) | 1.14(1.04–1.26) | <0.0001 |
| Carotid hypertrophy | ||||||
| Unadjusted | Reference | 1.02(0.83–1.26) | 1.67(1.37–2.05) | 2.34(1.92–2.85) | 1.47(1.34–1.60) | <0.0001 |
| Adjusted | Reference | 0.79(0.60–1.04) | 1.12(0.86–1.46) | 1.73(1.33–2.25) | 1.30(1.16–1.44) | <0.0001 |
Abbreviations: CAS, carotid artery stenosis; ICAS, intracranial arterial stenosis.
Adjusted for age and sex, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, education, income, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia, antihypertensive agents, antidiabetic agents, lipid-lowering agents, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein.