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Table 5 The association between AA and inflammatory biomarkers and homocysteine

Mediating factors	N	β (95% CI)	P-value
WBC (1000 cells/μl)	3683	-0.313 (-0.911, 0.286)	0.306
N (1000 cells/μl)	3683	-0.254 (-0.592, 0.083)	0.140
L (1000 cells/μl)	3683	-0.010 (-0.438, 0.419)	0.965
M (1000 cells/μl)	3683	-0.037 (-0.081, 0.008)	0.104
CRP (mg/l)	3683	-1.547 (-3.502, 0.408)	0.121
MHR	3683	-0.062 (-0.112, -0.013)	0.014
NHR	3683	-0.427 (-0.806, -0.047)	0.028
CLR	3683	-1.224 (-2.753, 0.306)	0.117
CAR	3683	-0.039 (-0.090, 0.012)	0.135
NLR	3683	-0.319 (-0.576, -0.061)	0.015
Homocysteine (μmol/l)	3722	-1.327 (-2.255, -0.399)	0.005

Notes: Bold fonts indicate P < 0.05. All covariates were adjusted in this model. Abbreviations: AA, arachidonic acid; WBC, white blood cell; N, neutrophils; L, lymphocytes; M, monocytes; CRP, C-reactive protein; MHR, monocyte-to-HDL cholesterol ratio; NHR, neutrophil-to-HDL cholesterol ratio; CLR, CRP-to-lymphocyte ratio; CAR, CRP-to-albumin ratio; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; CI, confidence interval

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