Table 4 Associations between anti-PC and MetS, including each component of MetS.

From: Antibodies against phosphorylcholine in hospitalized versus non-hospitalized obese subjects

 

Anti-PC IgM

Anti-PC IgG1

OR (CI 95%)

p

OR (CI 95%)

p

MetS

0.78 (0.54–1.12)

0.173

0.86 (0.52–1.42)

0.555

Abdominal obesity

0.83 (0.58–1.19)

0.316

1.03 (0.61–1.72)

0.921

High triglycerides

0.73 (0.51–1.04)

0.084

0.66 (0.39–1.11)

0.116

Low HDL-C

0.98 (0.69–1.39)

0.913

1.34 (0.81–2.23)

0.254

Hypertension

1.29 (0.67–2.53)

0.443

1.54 (0.52–4.52)

0.433

Elevated glucose

0.91 (0.62–1.32)

0.608

0.49 (0.27–0.88)

0.017

  1. Values are odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI95%). MetS – metabolic syndrome. Components of the Metabolic syndrome (Abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥ 88 cm and ≥ 102 cm for women and men, respectively), elevated triglycerides (≥ 1.7 mmol/L), reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol (< 1.03 mmol/L in males and < 1.29 mmol/L in females), hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg, or drug treatment), or elevated fasting glucose (≥ 5.6 mmol/L or glucose-lowering treatment) were defined as stated by Alberti et al.13.
  2. Anti-PC antibodies against phosphorylcholine, IgM immunoglobulin M, IgG1 immunoglobulin G1, HDL high density lipoprotein cholesterol, MetS metabolic syndrome.
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