Research Article

High-Sensitivity C Reactive Protein: Associations with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Tracking in Female Adolescents and Young Adults

Table 3

Stepwise regression of hsCRP at ages 16, 24, 25, and 26 hsCRP are log transformed. Explanatory variables include race, age, BMI, waist circumference, insulin, TC, TG, HDLC, LDLC, systolic, and diastolic blood pressures all at the age when hsCRP measured, and maximum glucose (from age 10 to age 24). Significant levels: SLE = 0.15, SLS =  .05 in stepwise selection.

Dependent variableSignificant explanatory variablesignPartial 𝑅 2 𝑃

hsCRP at age 16 (35 observations used)waist circumference+44.8%<.0001

hsCRP at age 24 (164 observations used)BMI+33.1%<.0001
TC+ 2.5%.014

hsCRP at age 25 (383 observations used)BMI+34.4%<.0001
TC+ 1.9%.0008
waist circumference+ 0.8%.030

hsCRP at age 26 (386 observations used)BMI+31.1%<.0001
TG+ 3.5%.0002
Age 2.1%.0010
Race ( 𝑊 = 1 , 𝐵 = 2 ) 1.1%.0092

TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, HDLC: HDL cholesterol, LDLC: LDL cholesterol.