Plasma folate, but not homocysteine, is associated with Apolipoprotein A1 levels in a non-fortified population

Table 4 Multiple regression models on factors influencing Apo A1 and Apo B levels for all men and women separately

	Apo A1 Men			Women			Apo B Men			Women
R ² Complete Model	0.144			0.106			0.058			0.191
	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p	Beta	SE	p
Clinical data
BMI	−0.014	0.002	<0.001	−0.003	0.004	0.450	0.013	0.003	<0.001	0.007	0.005	0.169
Age at inclusion	0.003	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.002	0.603	0.003	0.001	0.031	0.010	0.003	0.001
Diabetes	0.020	0.059	0.731	0.059	0.129	0.648	−0.056	0.078	0.471	0.165	0.163	0.314
Systolic BP	0.001	0.000	0.024	0.001	0.001	0.112	0.000	0.001	0.915	0.004	0.001	0.001
Current smoking	0.094	0.064	0.143	0.054	0.139	0.698	−0.005	0.085	0.957	0.428	0.176	0.016
Analytes
Vitamin B12	0.000	0.000	0.016	0.000	0.000	0.476	0.000	0.000	0.401	0.000	0.000	0.810
Folate	0.005	0.001	0.001	0.006	0.003	0.031	−0.002	0.002	0.287	−0.002	0.003	0.486
Creatinine	−0.001	0.001	0.013	0.002	0.002	0.229	0.001	0.001	0.139	0.006	0.002	0.011
CRP log	−0.078	0.016	<0.001	−0.124	0.037	0.001	0.019	0.021	0.352	0.032	0.047	0.501
Albumin	0.003	0.002	0.110	−0.001	0.002	0.474	0.010	0.003	<0.001	0.000	0.003	0.885

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