Table 3.
Effect of various variables including fasting on serum lipids and BMI.a
| Dependent variables | Predictors | Beta | t | p |
| End Total Cholesterol | Pre-fasting TC | 0.94 | 28.3 | <0.001 |
| Fasting | -0.24 | -7.7 | <0.001 | |
| WHR | 0.19 | 3.2 | 0.002 | |
| Sex | -0.12 | -2.1 | 0.037 | |
| End LDL cholesterol | Pre-fasting LDL-C | 0.93 | 32.7 | <0.001 |
| Fasting | -0.23 | -8.5 | <0.001 | |
| WHR | 0.2 | 3.9 | <0.001 | |
| Sex | -0.12 | -2.4 | 0.018 | |
| End HDL cholesterol | Pre-fasting HDL-C | 0.74 | 10.9 | <0.001 |
| Sex | -0.24 | -3.54 | <0.001 | |
| End TC/HDL cholesterol | Pre TC:HDL-C | 0.85 | 19.1 | <0.001 |
| Sex | 0.17 | 3.9 | <0.001 | |
| End LDL/HDL cholesterol | Pre LDL:HDL-C | 0.88 | 21.0 | <0.001 |
| Sex | 0.14 | 3.4 | <0.001 | |
| Fasting | -0.1 | -2.7 | 0.008 | |
| End fasting BMI | Pre-fasting BMI | 1.0 | 115.9 | <0.001 |
| Fasting | -0.35 | -4.06 | <0.001 |
Multiple Linear Stepwise Regression Analysis with mean end-TC, end-LDL cholesterol, end-HDL cholesterol, end-BMI and the end-ratios of TC/HDL-C and LDL-C/HDL-C as the dependent variables. Independent variables were age, mean pre-BMI, fasting, smoking, sex, educational level, WHR, pre-ratios of TC/HDL-C and LDL-C/HDL-C and the pre-values of the dependent variables. Sex, fasting and smoking are dummies (sex: 0 = females and 1 = males, fasting: 0 = control subjects and 1 = fasters, smoking: 0 = smokers and 1 = non-smokers). a. The subjects that had all six measurements were included (n = 71).