Introduction: In the present research, the association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and high-density lipoprotein of cholesterol (HDL-C) is studied among healthy adults in Tehran city. Materials and Methods: It is performed as a cross-sectional study using data of adults with age 18 and more enrolled in the first phase of the "Evaluation of novel risk factors of NCD" project in the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences (Tehran,Iran) in 2001. Analyses were done by logistic regression models using crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) to demonstrate the associations between CRP and HDL-C regarding their age, gender, body mass index and smoking status as underlying variables. To get final reduced logistic model we used backward elimination strategy with likelihood ratio test. Results: Based on the findings of analysis on data of 126 men and 208 women, it was reported a significant association between blood concentration of CRP and HDL-C (P
علوی مجد H, پاک نظر F, محرابی M, دانشپور Y, هدایتی M, میرمحمدخانی M et al . Association between C-reactive protein and high-density lipoprotein of cholesterol among adults in Tehran city. Koomesh 1391; 13 (3) :299-307 URL: http://koomeshjournal.semums.ac.ir/article-1-1459-en.html