Cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptide protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury

Table 3 Association of serum LL-37 level with clinical features of male patients with myocardial infarction

Variable	Odds ratio	95% CI	P value
Age	0.991	0.960–1.022	0.564
Weight	1.015	0.976–1.056	0.450
BMI	1.038	0.909–1.185	0.580
Heart rate	0.996	0.969–1.023	0.747
Systolic blood pressure	0.980	0.959–1.000	0.054
Diastolic blood pressure	0.979	0.943–1.016	0.253
Killips	1.033	0.661–1.614	0.887
Troponin I	0.988	0.974–1.002	0.104
Myoglobin	1.000	0.999–1.000	0.261
CK-MB	0.993	0.988–1.000	0.261
INR	0.360	0.028–4.623	0.433
D-dimer	0.976	0.739–1.289	0.865
C-reactive protein	1.005	0.993–1.017	0.395
LL-37/neutrophils	2.558	0.975–6.708	0.056

BMI body mass index, CK-MB creatine kinase isoenzyme, INR international normalized ratio

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