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Table 3 Odds ratios of variables selected by backward stepwise elimination

From: Increased LDL susceptibility to oxidation accelerates future carotid artery atherosclerosis

Characteristica

Multivariate OR (95% CI)b,c

P

Age

1.034 (1.010 - 1.059)

0.005

HbA1c (%)

1.477 (0.980 - 2.225)

0.062

Photometric O/N

2.012 (1.000 - 4.051)

0.050

  1. aData in 1996-1997; bOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; cVariables evaluated for elimination were age, sex, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c, fasting insulin, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, BMI, and photometric O/N, and electrophoretic O/N.