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Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression of multiple covariates and the risk of intervertebral disc degeneration

From: Serum lipid levels are positively correlated with lumbar disc herniation—a retrospective study of 790 Chinese patients

Variables

Risk of disc herniation

OR

95 % CI

P value

Model 1

   

 LDL-C levels

1.596

1.327 ~ 1.921

<0.001

Model 2

   

 High-TC

2.045

1.036 ~ 4.036

0.039

 High-TG

1.843

1.207 ~ 2.815

0.005

Model 3

   

 Borderline High-LDL-C

2.447

1.618 ~ 3.699

<0.001

Model 4

   

 LDL-C/HDL-C ratio

1.578

1.293 ~ 1.925

<0.001

Model 5

   

 LDL-C levels

1.462

1.179 ~ 1.813

0.001

 High-TG

2.974

1.488 ~ 5.945

0.002

 Borderline High-LDL-C

1.626

1.012 ~ 2.612

0.045

  1. Model 1, adjusted for the variables of serum lipid levels including TC, TG, HDL-C, and LDL-C; Model 2, adjusted for the hyperlipidaemia variables including High-TC, High-TG, High-LDL-C and Low-LDL-C; Model 3, adjusted for the hyperlipidaemia variables including borderline High-TC, borderline High-TG and borderline High-LDL-C; Model 4, adjusted for the variables of lipoprotein ratios including TC/HDL-C, TG/HDL-C and LDL-C/HDL-C; Model 5, adjusted for the variables in model 1 plus the variables in model 2, model 3 and model 4
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
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Lipids in Health and Disease

ISSN: 1476-511X