Fig. 3: Mean differences in cardiorespiratory fitness and remnant cholesterol using analysis of covariance models.

a Cardiorespiratory fitness according to daily step categories. b Remnant cholesterol according to daily step categories. c Remnant cholesterol according to cardiorespiratory fitness categories. Model 0: crude data. Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index. Model 2: Model 1 + cardiorespiratory fitness (B)/daily steps (c). The brackets indicate significant differences in the means (p < 0.05) between categories according to the Bonferroni multiple comparison post hoc test. Error bars represent the standard error.