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Table 1 Proportion of controls and cases with plasma that neutralized leukotoxic activity.

From: Prevalence of systemic immunoreactivity to Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin in relation to the incidence of myocardial infarction

Men & Women

Neg

Low

High

Control

47.1% (471)

33.3% (333)

19.6% (196)

Case

45.9% (244)

36.3% (193)

17.9% (95)

OR

 

1.1 (0.8-1.4)

0.9 (0.7-1.2)

adjusted OR

 

1.0 (0.7-1.4)

1.3 (0.9-2.0)

Women

Neg

Low

High

Control

51.7% (152)

28.6% (84)

19.7% (58)

Case

42.9% (67)

39.7%*(62)

17.3% (27)

OR

 

1.8* (1.1-2.8)

1.0 (0.8-1.3)

adjusted OR #

 

1.2 (0.5-2.9)

1.4 (0.5-4.3)

Men

Neg

Low

High

Control

45.2% (319)

35.3% (249)

19.5% (138)

Case

47.1% (177)

34.8% (131)

18.1% (68)

OR

 

0.9 (0.7-1.2)

0.8 (0.6-1.2)

adjusted OR #

 

1.0 (0.7-1.4)

1.3 (0.9-2.1)

  1. Significant differences between controls and cases (*), number of subjects (n) and the odds ratio (OR) of having an MI compared with the antibody-negative group (null) are indicated.
  2. #) Adjusted for smoking, self-reported diabetes, systolic blood pressure and ApoB/ApoA1