Table 4.

Variables significantly related to education status according to multivariate logistic regression analysis

Variable	Low vs high education*		Medium vs high education†
	OR (95% CI)‡	P§	OR (95% CI)‡	P§
Age	-		0.97 (0.94-0.99)	0.009
Female sex	2.38 (1.45-3.81)	<0.001	-
Former smoker	0.42 (0.23-0.75)	0.003	-
Increased triglycerides (≥150 mg/dL or 1.69 mmol/L)	1.79 (1.12-2.78)	0.013	1.73 (1.14-2.62)	0.010
Increased high sensitivity C-reactive protein (≥3 mg/L)	3.53 (2.17-5.88)	<0.001	2.17 (1.37-3.41)	0.001
Physical inactivity	4.24 (1.82-9.86)	0.001	-

*Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test, χ²₈ = 0.431; P = 0.814. Likelihood ratio χ² test for overall model fit (G test): χ²₈ = 74.951; P < 0.001.

†Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test: χ²₈ = 10.368; P = 0.240. Likelihood ratio χ² test for overall model fit (G test): χ²₈ = 25.848; P < 0.001.

‡Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) according to multivariate stepwise logistic regression analysis.

^§According to multivariate stepwise logistic regression analysis