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Table 2 Multivariate Association of GLP-1 and relevant cardiovascular risk factors with total plaque burden as assessed by CT-angiography

From: Circulating concentrations of GLP-1 are associated with coronary atherosclerosis in humans

Variables

Total plaque

 
 

OR (CI)

p

log GLP-1

2.53 (1.12 – 6.08)

0.03

Age

1.15 (1.10 – 1.22)

< 0.001

Sex

13.92 (4.47 – 51.53)

< 0.001

BMI

1.20 (1.05 – 1.39)

0.01

Hypertension

1.01 (0.38 – 2.65)

0.98

Diabetes

2.11 (0.47 – 12.42)

0.36

Smoking

6.04 (1.37 – 35.42)

0.03

LDL

1.00 (0.99 – 1.01)

0.80

log CRP

1.15 (0.45 – 3.18)

0.78

log TG

2.22 (0.71 – 7.41)

0.18

log eGFR

1.15 (0.08 – 18.37)

0.92

  1. Odds ratio and 95% CI increase in plaque quantity for 1 pM of total GLP-1 raise in plasma levels are presented.
  2. Abbreviations: LDL (low density cholesterol), CRP (hsCRP), TG (triglyceride), eGFR (estimate glomerular filtration rate), log. Logarithmic.
  3. Bold numbers indicate significant associations with p < 0.05.