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Table 4 β coefficients of lipids variation by sex-specific ln-transformed serum ferritin

From: Associations of iron status with apolipoproteins and lipid ratios: a cross-sectional study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey

  Men Women
βa βb βc βa βb βc
Lipid measures
 Ln apoB 0.053 0.036 0.034 0.077 0.023 0.021
 Ln apoA1 −0.015* −0.005 −0.004 0.008* 0.001 0.001
 Ln TG 0.185 0.139 0.128 0.146 0.076 0.069
 Ln TC 0.032 0.025 0.024 0.052 0.020 0.019
 Ln LDL-C 0.023 0.013 0.013* 0.060 0.014 0.013*
 Ln HDL-C −0.040 −0.021 −0.019 −0.013 − 0.007* −0.006
 Ln non-HDL-C 0.062 0.044 0.042 0.080 0.031 0.029
Lipid ratios
 Ln apoB/apoA1 0.069 0.041 0.038 0.069 0.023 0.020
 Ln TG/HDL-C 0.224 0.160 0.147 0.159 0.083 0.074
 Ln TC/HDL-C 0.072 0.047 0.043 0.065 0.027 0.025
 Ln LDL-C/HDL-C 0.063 0.035 0.032 0.073 0.021 0.018*
 Ln non-HDL-C/HDL-C 0.102 0.066 0.061 0.093 0.038 0.034
  1. Ln natural logarithm, apoB apolipoprotein B, apoA1 apolipoprotein A1, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, non-HDL-C non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  2. P < 0.001, *P < 0.05
  3. aOriginal model without any adjustments. bAdjusted for age, nationality, regional area, education level, smoking status, alcohol frequency, physical activity, energy intake, fat% intake, protein% intake, body mass index waist-to-hip ratio and hypersensitive C-reactive protein. cAdjusted for all the variables in model 2 plus the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance. F-test was implemented implemented for models comparison in multivariable linear regression (P < 0.001)