The association of zonulin-related proteins with prevalent and incident inflammatory bowel disease

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Association between ZRP levels (ng/ml) and subject characteristics at baseline (n = 130)

Variable	Number of non-missing	Regression coefficient	P value^a	95% CI
Age	130	0.5	0.17	− 0.2; 1.2
BMI	120	0.6	0.02	0.1; 1.0
Smoking condition (ref: no) Yes or former	129	− 2.6	0.19	− 6.5; 1.3
Alcohol abuse (ref: 0.1–11.9 g)
0 g		− 0.5	0.82	− 5.0; 4.0
> = 12	126	− 4.8	0.05	− 9.6; 0.05
Systolic blood pressure (SBP)	130	0.08	0.12	− 0.02; 0.2
Diastolic blood pressure (DBP)	130	0.2	0.03	0.02; 0.3
TG	130	2.1	0.048	0.02; 4.1
TC	130	1.0	0.16	− 0.4; 2.5
HDL-C	130	− 5.7	0.002	− 9.2; − 2.1
LDL-C	120	2.2	0.009	0.6; 3.8
Previous IBD (ref: no) Yes	130	4.7	0.04	0.3; 9.0
Future IBD (ref: no) Yes	130	1.4	0.36	− 1.6; 4.4

SBP, Systolic blood pressure; DBP, Diastolic blood pressure; TC, Total cholesterol; TG, Triglycerides; HDL-C, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
^aAssociation tested by linear mixed models with ZRP asthe outcome

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