Table 5.

Assessing factors associated with dyslipidemia among academic staff

Variables	Elevated TG		P-value	Elevated TC	P-value	Elevated LDL	P-value	Low HDL	P-value
	OR (95% CI)			OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Age (years)
18–35	Reference			Reference		Reference		Reference
36–45	0.38 (0.16–1.46)		0.046	3.38 (0.64–7.67)	0.149	3.49 (0.90-13.48)	0.070	0.93 (0.48–1.82)	0.832
46–55	1.68 (0.45–6.24)		0.433	6.63 (1.21–8.34)	0.029	4.18 (0.98–17.74)	0.045	1.91 (0.73–4.96)	0.184
> 55	1.86 (0.27–6.70)		0.798	7.91 (0.45–9.70)	0.042	5.77 (1.23–19.65)	0.048	1.55 (0.40–6.08)	0.528
Gender
Male	Reference			Reference		Reference		Reference
Female	0.52 (0.23–1.19)		0.120	1.11 (0.05–13.43)	0.945	0.55 (0.04-8.00)	0.661	0.76 (0.30–1.93)	0.569
BMI (kg/m2)
Normal	Reference			Reference		Reference		Reference
Overweight	1.77 (0.58–5.42)		0.316	1.78 (0.17–20.33)	0.998	6.89 (0.07–17.23)	0.998	1.58 (0.53–4.70)	0.409
Obese	1.60 (0.40–6.32)		0.503	1.53 (0.07–17.16)	0.998	7.5 (0.05–21.87)	0.998	8.88 (1.83–23.10)	0.007
Diabetes
No	Reference			Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes	0.73 (0.31–1.72)		0.471	0.93 (0.17–4.95)	0.930	1.31 (0.31–5.52)	0.706	1.51 (0.63–3.65)	0.353
Smoking
No	Reference			Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes	0.77 (0.12–4.95)		0.779	1.44 (0.03–13.56)	0.996	1.48 (0.01–8.78)	0.867	0.56 (0.03–9.58)	0.689
Physical activity
Medium/Adequate	Reference			Reference		Reference		Reference
Inadequate	0.73 (0.32–3.62)		0.435	0.76 (0.16–2.56)	0.032	0.75 (0.21–2.70)	0.036	2.53 (1.01–6.38)	0.049

Values are presented as OR (95% CI). OR = Odds ratio, CI = Confidence Interval. Multivariable logistic regression was applied to evaluate the relationship between elevated lipid profile markers and associated factors