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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2006 Jun 19;192(2):384–390. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.05.024

Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis (forward Wald) for gender specific low HDL-C levels in a sample of 1044 community dwelling older Italian subjects aged 65–102 years from the InChianti study

Variable Odds ratio 95% CI
IL-6
 • I tertile 1 –
 • II tertile 0.89 0.46–1.74
 • III tertile 2.10 1.09–3.75
Triglycerides
 • I tertile 1 –
 • II tertile 6.79 1.98–23.27
 • III tertile 26.78 8.26–86.82
Fasting insulin
 • I tertile 1 –
 • II tertile 1.59 0.79–3.21
 • III tertile 3.01 1.57–5.84
Age 1.03 1.001–1.074

Variables included into the model: smoking, body mass index, waist circumference, hypertension, diabetes, physical activity, alcohol intake, oral hypoglycaemic drugs, coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, CRP, IL-18, and TNF-α levels.