Small dense low density lipoprotein-cholesterol and cholesterol ratios to predict arterial stiffness progression in normotensive subjects over a 5-year period

Table 5 Cox proportional hazards model for PWV progression^a

Variables	OR	95%CI	p value
sdLDL-C
unadjusted	2.460	1.400 to 4.321	0.002
adjusted	2.070	1.162 to 3.688	0.014
TC/HDL-C
unadjusted	0.873	0.754 to 1.012	0.071
adjusted	0.954	0.819 to 1.110	0.541
TG/HDL-C
unadjusted	1.414	1.185 to 1.687	< 0.001
adjusted	1.355	1.136 to 1.617	0.001
LDL-C/HDL-C
unadjusted	0.924	0.769 to 1.110	0.396
adjusted	0.896	0.742 to 1.082	0.253
sdLDL-C/HDL-C
unadjusted	1.379	0.877 to 2.168	0.165
adjusted	1.255	0.780 to 2.020	0.350
ApoB/ApoA-1
unadjusted	1.178	0.715 to 1.941	0.521
adjusted	1.294	0.786 to 2.129	0.311

^a Adjusted for gender, age, physical activity, smoking, drinking, BMI, SBP, MAP, FBG, UA, baseline PWV, TNF-α, hs-CPR and IL-6

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