Plasma Total Cysteine and Cardiovascular Risk Burden: Action and Interaction

Table 4

Age and gender-adjusted ordinal logistic regression analysis versus number of risk factors.

	P value	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Creatinine (mg/mL)	0.14	0.384	0.107–1.377
Serum folate (ng/mL)	0.96	1.002	0.930–1.079
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)	0.06	0.999	0.998–1.011
Plasma total thiols (μm/L)
Cysteine	0.03	1.004	1.002–1.008
Cysteinylglycine	0.28	1.007	0.995–1.020
Glutathione	0.21	1.052	0.970–1.140
Plasma reduced thiols (μm/L)
Cysteine	0.77	1.009	0.951–1.070
Cysteinylglycine	0.60	0.977	0.894–1.067
Glutathione	0.08	1.064	0.992–1.142
Free malondialdehyde (μmol/L)	0.12	1.438	0.905–2.283
Blood reduced glutathione (μmol/L)	0.86	1.000	0.998–1.002
Number of drugs	<0.001	2.983	2.303–3.864

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.