Association of Mitral Annulus Calcification with High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, Which Is a Marker of Inflammation

Table 4

Multiple linear regression analysis with hs-CRP as the dependent variable.

Variable	β	95% CI	P value
Age	0.64	−0.006–0.021	0.29
Gender (female)	0.26	0.14–0.39	<0.001
Hypertension	0.19	0.07–0.34	0.002
Coronary artery disease	0.22	0.11–0.40	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus	0.05	−0.08–0.21	0.37
Hypercholesterolemia	0.18	0.07–0.34	0.003
Cigarette smoking	0.15	0.04–0.39	0.016

CI: confidence interval.