Table 4.
Association between protein intake and total blood cholesterol.
| Unadjusted β (95% CI) | Adjusted * β (95% CI) | Unadjusted β (95% CI) | Adjusted * β (95% CI) | Unadjusted β (95% CI) | Adjusted * β (95% CI) | Unadjusted β (95% CI) | Adjusted * β (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol, mg/dL | |||||||||||
| ≤0.42 g/kg of BW | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | ≤0.79 g/kg of BW | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | 0.80−0.99 g/kg of BW | 1.0 (Reference) | 1.0 (Reference) | Protein intake, g/kg of BW | 14.085 (8.188, 19.983) | 17.139 (2.021, 32.256) |
| ≥0.71 g/kg of BW | 1.521 (0.595, 2.446) | −0.881 (−3.061, 1.298) | ≥1.00 g/kg of BW | 5.818 (3.174, 8.462) | −0.418 (−1.381, 0.546) | ≥1.00 g/kg of BW | 4.122 (2.212, 6.218) | 2.400 (−0.012, 4.812) |
* Models were adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, energy intake, physical activity, active smoking, cholesterol-lowering therapy. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index, BW, body weight, CI, confidence interval.