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Table 4 Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for high-normal LDL-C by sex

From: LDL-cholesterol and body mass index among Japanese schoolchildren: a population-based cross-sectional study

  

Fourth graders (age 9-10 years)

Seventh graders (age 12-13 years)

 

Crude

Adjusted*

 

Crude

Adjusted*

n

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

n

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Boys

          

 BMI percentile

          
 

< 50th

822

1

 

1

 

690

1

 

1

 
 

50 - 74th

412

1.36

0.97-1.89

1.35

0.95-1.90

346

0.97

0.66-1.43

0.96

0.65-1.44

 

75 - 84th

165

1.95

1.28-2.97

1.95

1.25-3.04

137

0.92

0.53-1.60

0.80

0.45-1.44

 

85 - 94th

164

3.92

2.68-5.74

3.91

2.61-5.84

138

2.04

1.31-3.20

1.94

1.22-3.10

 

≥ 95th

82

8.08

5.00-13.07

8.16

4.94-13.47

69

4.18

2.46-7.11

4.16

2.39-7.24

   

(P for trend < 0.001)

(P for trend < 0.001)

 

(P for trend < 0.001)

(P for trend < 0.001)

Girls

          

 BMI percentile

          
 

< 50th

763

1

 

1

 

661

1

 

1

 
 

50 - 74th

380

1.16

0.87-1.56

1.17

0.86-1.59

330

1.20

0.86-1.67

1.24

0.87-1.76

 

75 - 84th

152

1.33

0.89-2.00

1.33

0.87-2.03

132

1.50

0.96-2.35

1.70

1.07-2.69

 

85 - 94th

152

2.52

1.74-3.64

2.57

1.75-3.78

132

1.90

1.24-2.91

1.95

1.24-3.05

 

≥ 95th

76

3.30

2.03-5.35

3.28

1.98-5.44

66

2.04

1.17-3.58

2.01

1.12-3.63

   

(P for trend < 0.001)

(P for trend < 0.001)

 

(P for trend < 0.001)

(P for trend < 0.001)

  1. *Adjusted for family history of hypercholesterolemia and exercise.
  2. BMI, body mass index; OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
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