Table 2 Hierarchical multiple linear regression of risk factors for LDL.
From: The determinants of lipid profiles in early adolescence in a Ugandan birth cohort
Crude change in LDL (mmol/L) for every one-unit increase of the exposure variable from baseline (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted change in LDL (mmol/L) for every one-unit increase of the exposure variable from baseline (95% CI) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 (n = 1080) | Household SES | ||||
Low | Reference | 0.09 | Reference | 0.09 | |
Middle | − 0.05 (− 0.17, 0.07) | − 0.08 (− 0.20, 0.05) | |||
High | 0.05 (− 0.09, 0.18) | 0.02 (− 0.11, 0.16) | |||
Marital status | |||||
Single | − 0.05 (− 0.17, 0.08) | 0.03 | − 0.07 (− 0.20, 0.06) | 0.06 | |
Married | Reference | Reference | |||
Othera | − 0.30 (− 0.52, − 0.08) | − 0.26 (− 0.50, 0.02) | |||
Model 2 (n = 1061) | Maternal BMI (kg/m2) | 0.01 (0.00–0.03) | 0.01 | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) | 0.08 |
Model 3 (n = 890) | Sex | ||||
Female | Reference | 0.008 | Reference | 0.10 | |
Male | − 0.11 (− 0.18, − 0.03) | − 0.07 (− 0.16, 0.01) | |||
Model 4 (n = 1063) | Trichuris below the age of 5 | ||||
No | Reference | 0.05 | Reference | 0.03 | |
Yes | 0.13 (0.00, 0.26) | 0.15 (0.02, 0.29) | |||
Asymptomatic malaria before the age of 5 | |||||
No | Reference | 0.02 | Reference | 0.10 | |
Yes | − 0.15 (− 0.27, − 0.02) | − 0.11 (− 0.24, 0.02) | |||
Model 5 (n = 954) | BMI (kg/m2) | 0.04 (0.02, 0.06) | < 0.001 | 0.03 (0.01, 0.06) | 0.006 |
Current asymptomatic malaria infection | |||||
No | Reference | < 0.001 | Reference | 0.001 | |
Yes | − 0.53 (− 0.82, − 0.24) | − 0.51 (− 0.81, − 0.21) | |||
Days of fruit eaten/week | |||||
None | Reference | 0.53 | Reference | 0.03 | |
1–3 | − 0.08 (− 0.21, 0.06) | − 0.20 (− 0.35, − 0.05) | |||
4–7 | − 0.07 (− 0.21, 0.07) | − 0.14 (− 0.30, 0.03) | |||
Days of animal protein eaten/week | |||||
None | Reference | 0.01 | Reference | 0.002 | |
1–3 | 0.06 (− 0.06, 0.19) | 0.10 (− 0.04, 0.24) | |||
4–7 | 0.20 (0.05, 0.35 | 0.27 (0.11, 0.44) | |||
