Clinical Study

Low Levels of Serum Paraoxonase Activities are Characteristic of Metabolic Syndrome and May Influence the Metabolic-Syndrome-Related Risk of Coronary Artery Disease

Figure 2

Prevalence of subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD) according to metabolic syndrome (MS) diagnosis and DEPCyMCase activity (a) and the relative ORs for CAD in a multiple adjusted regression model considering subjects without MS and within the highest DEPCyMCaseactivity tertile as reference group (b). *B y multiple logistic regression adjusted for classical CAD risk factors not included in MS definition, that is, sex, age, smoke and LDL cholesterol.
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