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Table 2 Demographics and disease-related data relation to apolipoprotein C3

From: Apolipoprotein C-III in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

 

Apo C3, mg/dl

Beta coef. (95% CI), p

Age, years

0.04 (0.02–0.05)

 < 0.001

Women

0.19 (− 0.70–0.91)

0.80

Body mass index, kg/m2

0.04 (0.02–0.08)

0.004

Abdominal circumference, cm

0.02 (0.01–0.04)

 < 0.001

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

0.01 (0.00–0.02)

0.003

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

 − 0.00 (− 0.00–0.00)

0.63

Cardiovascular comorbidity

  Smoking

0.11 (− 0.70–0.91)

0.80

  Diabetes

-

 

  Hypertension

0.73 (0.40–1.07)

 < 0.001

  Obesity

0.51 (0.14–0.88)

0.008

  Statins

0.57 (0.18–0.95)

0.004

  Aspirin

0.01 (− 0.37–0.40)

0.94

  Antihypertensive treatment

0.72 (0.38–1.06)

 < 0.001

Analytical and lipid profile

  CRP, mg/dl

0.01 (− 0.00–0.02)

0.055

  Cholesterol × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.01 (− 0.06–0.02)

0.39

  Triglycerides × 10, mg/dl

0.03 (0.01–0.06)

0.002

  HDL cholesterol × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.16 (− 0.25 to − 0.07)

 < 0.001

  LDL cholesterol × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.01 (− 0.07–0.04)

0.72

  LDL:HDL cholesterol ratio

0.30 (− 0.08–0.53)

0.009

  Non-HDL cholesterol × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.02 (− 0.06–0.02)

0.36

  Apolipoprotein A1 × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.05 (− 010– -0.01)

0.026

  Apolipoprotein B × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.00 (− 0.07–0.06)

0.94

  Apo B: A1 ratio

0.70 (− 0.33–1.72)

0.18

  Lipoprotein (a) × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.00 (− 0.02–0.01)

0.60

  Atherogenic index

0.24 (0.08–0.39)

0.003

SLE-related data

  Disease duration, years

0.02 (0.00–0.04)

0.048

  SLICC

0.14 (0.06–0.23)

0.001

  SLICC ≥ 1

0.46 (0.07–0.85)

0.020

  Katz index

0.10 (0.01–0.19)

0.030

  SLEDAI

0.02 (− 0.01–0.06)

0.19

SLEDAI categories

 No activity

ref

 

 Mild and moderate

0.39 (0.03–0.75)

0.035

 High or very high

0.69 (0.02–1.37)

0.045

Auto-antibody profile

 Anti-DNA positive

 − 0.11 (− 0.56–0.34)

0.63

 ENA positive

 − 0.12 (− 0.74–0.50)

0.70

 Anti-Ro

 − 0.17 (− 0.56–0.23)

0.40

 Anti-La

 − 0.27 (− 0.75–0.21)

0.26

 Anti-RNP

0.09 (− 0.31–0.49)

0.66

 Anti-Sm

 − 0.34 (− 0.87–0.18)

0.19

Any antiphospholipid autoantibodies, n (%)

 Lupus anticoagulant

0.16 (− 0.28–0.61)

0.47

 ACA IgM

 − 0.03 (− 0.59–0.54)

0.93

 ACA IgG

0.22 (− 0.25–0.70)

0.35

 Anti-beta2 glycoprotein IgM

 − 0.03 (− 0.73–0.67)

0.93

 Anti-beta2 glycoprotein IgG

0.40 (− 0.14–0.93)

0.14

C3 × 10, mg/dl

 − 0.00 (− 0.7–0.05)

0.77

C4 × 10, mg/dl

0.09 (− 0.15–0.33)

0.47

Current prednisone

0.23 (− 0.11–0.56)

0.19

Prednisone, mg/day

0.09 (0.01–0.16)

0.023

DMARDs

 − 0.36 (− 0.77–0.04)

0.080

Hydroxychloroquine

 − 0.33 (− 0.69–0.03)

0.072

Hydroxychloroquine, mg/day × 10

 − 0.01 (− 0.03–0.006)

0.18

Methotrexate

 − 0.03 (− 0..56–0..50)

0.92

Mycophenolate mofetil

 − 0.23 (− 0.83–0.37)

0.45

Azathioprine

0.37 (− 0.12–0.86)

0.13

Rituximab

 − 0.47 (− 1.39–0.46)

0.32

Belimumab

0.29 (− 1.01–1.59)

0.66

  1. Beta coefficients consider apolipoprotein C3 as the dependent variable. Significant p values are depicted in bold
  2. BMI body mass index, C3 C4 complement, CRP C-reactive protein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, DMARD disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, ACA anticardiolipin, HDL high-density lipoprotein, ANA antinuclear antibodies, ENA extractible nuclear antibodies, SLEDAI Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index, SLICC Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American Colleague of Rheumatology Damage Index