Serum YKL-40 Levels Are Associated with the Atherogenic Index of Plasma in Children

Table 3

Correlation between serum YKL-40 levels and AIP.

		Crude and adjusted GM
	Number	Crude GM (95% CI)	Adjusted GM (95% CI)	value
Ratio with TG to HDL-C
Low (Tertile 1, <1.4)	158	20,109 (19,028–21,247)	20,090 (19,010–21,281)	0.001
Borderline (Tertile 2, 1.4–2.2)	157	21,310 (20,109–22,583)	21,291 (20,137–22,542)	0.159
High (Tertile 3, ≥2.2)	162	23,447 (22,192–24,779)	23,496 (22,233–24,831)	<0.001
AIP
Low (<0.1)	123	20,211 (18,971–21,532)	20,183 (18,923–21,527)	0.018
Borderline (0.1–0.24)	101	21,091 (19,678–22,599)	21,086 (19,633–22,594)	0.113
High (>0.24)	253	22,516 (21,512–23,561)	22,542 (21,527–23,550)	0.007

Abbreviation: CI: confidence interval; GM: geometric mean; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides. values designate difference of covariance between three groups; values of the comparison between borderline and high groups with the healthy group by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with post hoc analysis (LSD method) Geometric mean and 95% confidence intervals of YKL-40 calculated by ANCOVA and adjusting for gender (boy and girl) and age with LSD method. Numbers in bold indicate a significant differences ().