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Table 3 Stratified analysis between methotrexate (MTX) use and elevated ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and 27-hydroxylase expression in study subjects

From: Blood lipid profiles and peripheral blood mononuclear cell cholesterol metabolism gene expression in patients with and without methotrexate treatment

Category

  

Logistic regression

 

Low (≤median)

High (>median)

OR (95% CI)

Pvalue

ABCA1/18S:

    

MTX

    

No (n = 32)

20 (62.5%)

12 (37.5%)

1.00

 

Yes (n = 67)

31 (46%)

36 (54%)

1.94 (0.82 to 4.58)

0.13

27-Hydroxylase/18S:

    

MTX

    

No (n = 32)

21 (66%)

11 (34%)

1.00

 

Yes (n = 67)

29 (43%)

38 (57%)

2.50 (1.04 to 6.01)

0.038

  1. Values represent N (%). Logistic regression results are expressed as OR (95% confidence interval) (n = 99).