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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jul 10;102(7):814–819. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.021

Table 4.

Association of fasting and secondary behavioral measures with coronary artery disease. Models entering fasting with each measure demonstrated that none of the secondary measures was significant, while fasting retained significance at p<0.05 in all models

Univariable Modeled with Fasting
Characteristic OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Fasting 0.55 (0.35, 0.87) 0.010 ----- -----
LDS-proscribed Beverages
Alcohol 1.63 (0.98, 2.72) 0.06 1.40 (0.82, 2.39) 0.22
Tea 1.44 (0.87, 2.38) 0.15 1.23 (0.73, 2.08) 0.43
Coffee 1.42 (0.88, 2.28) 0.15 1.14 (0.68, 1.90) 0.62
Religious Observance
Religious Worship 0.54 (0.31, 0.93) 0.027 0.63 (0.35, 1.13) 0.12
Day of Rest 0.92 (0.51, 1.65) 0.78 1.05 (0.58, 1.93) 0.87
Receipt of Social Support
Talk about Health 0.90 (0.18, 4.53) 0.90 0.84 (0.16, 4.29) 0.83
Talk about Personal Problems 1.40 (0.55, 3.56) 0.48 1.36 (0.53, 3.50) 0.53
Financial Support 0.87 (0.55, 1.39) 0.56 0.88 (0.55, 1.41) 0.60