From: BRAP Activates Inflammatory Cascades and Increases the Risk for Carotid Atherosclerosis
Phenotype | Â | Genotype | Â | Statistics (recessive model) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carotid plaque | AA | AG | GG | Logistic regressiona |
Absence | 563 (50.6%) | 472 (42.4%) | 77 (6.9%) | Reference |
Presence | 278 (48.9%) | 235 (41.3%) | 56 (9.8%) | OR = 1.58 (1.08–2.34); |
 |  |  |  | P = 0.021 |
Carotid IMT | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Continuous IMT data | AA (n = 700) | AG (n = 571) | GG (n = 100) | Multivariate regressiona |
CCA, mean ± SD, mm | 0.62 ± 0.14 | 0.63 ± 0.14 | 0.65 ± 0.16 | P = 0.089 |
Bif, mean ± SD, mm | 0.65 ± 0.13 | 0.66 ± 0.13 | 0.66 ± 0.13 | P = 0.732 |
ICA, mean ± SD, mm | 0.51 ± 0.10 | 0.51 ± 0.09 | 0.51 ± 0.10 | P = 0.834 |
Dichotomized IMT, ≥mean + 1 SD versus < mean + 1 SD |  |  |  | Logistic regressiona |
CCA | 46.0% | 43.1% | 10.9% | OR = 2.25 (1.30–3.89), |
 | versus 52.0% | versus 41.4% | versus 6.6% | P = 0.004 |
Bif | 49.0% | 43.7% | 7.3% | OR = 1.12 (0.61–2.03), |
 | versus 51.5% | versus 41.2% | versus 7.3% | P = 0.720 |
ICA | 54.5% | 39.6% | 5.9% | OR = 0.77 (0.40–1.50); |
 | versus 50.5% | versus 42.0% | versus 7.5% | P = 0.445 |