Table 2 Systemic inflammation and role of areca nut chewing, a comparison with healthy controls
From: Areca nut chewing and systemic inflammation: evidence of a common pathway for systemic diseases
Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio (95% CI) | Wald Chi2 | p value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Wald Chi2 | p value | |
Age at screening (years) | ||||||
Age 16-20 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Age 21-25 | 0.83 (0.48 - 1.44) | −0.66 | 0.51 | 0.79 (0.44 - 1.40) | −0.81 | 0.42 |
Age 26-30 | 0.97 (0.53 - 1.78) | −0.10 | 0.92 | 0.89 (0.47 - 1.66) | −0.37 | 0.71 |
Age 31-35 | 1.01 (0.56 - 1.83) | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.99 (0.54 - 1.83) | −0.02 | 0.99 |
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
Desirable < 23 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Overweight 23–27.5 | 0.90 (0.56 - 1.45) | −0.41 | 0.68 | 0.91 (0.56 - 1.47) | −0.38 | 0.71 |
Obese > 27.5 | 1.05 (0.63 - 1.74) | 0.19 | 0.85 | 1.11 (0.66 - 1.85) | 0.39 | 0.7 |
Education (years) | ||||||
< 10 years | 1 | 1 | ||||
10 - 12 years | 1.18 (0.65 - 2.16) | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.94 (0.51 - 1.76) | −0.18 | 0.86 |
> 12 years | 1.16 (0.63 - 2.14) | 0.47 | 0.64 | 1.07 (0.57 - 2.01) | 0.22 | 0.83 |
Group | ||||||
Control | 1 | 1 | ||||
Areca nut chewers | 3.23 (2.08 - 5.02) | 5.23 | < 0.001 | 3.30 (2.11 - 5.15) | 5.26 | < 0.001 |