Research Article

Usefulness of C-Reactive Protein as a Marker for Prediction of Future Coronary Events in the Asian Indian Population: Indian Atherosclerosis Research Study

Table 4

Risk of recurrence of coronary artery disease (CAD) events based on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) quartiles.

hsCRP quartile
1 ( 0.7 mg/L)2 (0.71–1.7 mg/L)3 (1.71–3.57 mg/L)4 ( 3.58 mg/L)

Model 1OR (95% CI)11.219 (0.406–3.656)2.541 (0.954–6.773)3.793 (1.454–9.898).019
.724.062.006
Model 2OR (95% CI)11.194 (0.395–3.614)2.585 (0.947–7.054)3.903 (1.411–10.8).029
.753.064.009
Model 3OR (95% CI)11.790 (0.406–7.882)3.363 (0.806–14.04)4.359 (1.023–18.573).17
.441.096.047
Model 4OR (95% CI)11.071 (0.346–3.316)1.958 (0.695–5.517)3.204 (1.113–9.227).093
.905.204.031
Model 5OR (95% CI)11.115 (0.363–3.429)1.814 (0.636–5.172)3.106 (1.07–9.014).131
0849.265.037

Model 1: Unadjusted.
Model 2: Adjusted for hypertension, diabetes, gender, age, and body mass index.
Model 3: Additional adjustment for interlukin-6*
Model 4: Additional adjustment total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglyceride*.
Model 5: Additional adjustment total cholesterol, HDL, triglyceride* and low-density lipoprotein.
*log-transformed distribution.
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.