TABLE 3.

Logistic Regression Models for High Cholesterol and High LDL

High Total Cholesterol (≥240 mg/dL)
	Women (N= 18,000)		Men (N= 17,935)
Variable	OR	[95% CI]	OR	[95% CI]
PIR (in first wave:1976–80)a	1.051	[.992–1.115]	1.080**	[1.029–1.133]
Year (10-year increments)	.801***	[.712–.901]	.912	[.813–1.023]
PIR × Year	.938**	[.903–.974]	.937***	[.906–.968]
Age	1.189***	[1.163–1.217]	1.201***	[1.179–1.224]
Age2	.999***	[.999–.999]	.998***	[.998–.999]
Race
Non-Hispanic Black	.774***	[.673–.891]	.860	[.728–1.016]
Mexican-American	.653***	[.544–.782]	.989	[.860–1.137]
Other Race	.817*	[.689–.969]	1.253*	[1.005–1.562]
Non-Hispanic White	—	—	—	—
BMI	1.027***	[1.019–1.035]	1.031***	[1.021–1.040]
PIR (in last wave:1999–04)	.904***	[.855–.955]	.926**	[.875–.979]
High Fasting LDL (≥160 mg/dL)
	Women (N= 7,972)		Men (N= 7,492)
Variable	OR	[95% CI]	OR	[95% CI]
PIR (in first wave:1976–80)a	1.022	[.930–1.124]	1.108*	[1.012–1.212]
Year (10-year increments)	.769**	[.651–.907]	.901	[.751–1.079]
PIR × Year	.931*	[.879–.986]	.915**	[.866–.968]
Age	1.154***	[1.116–1.193]	1.190***	[1.158–1.224]
Age2	.999***	[.999–.999]	.998***	[.998–.999]
Race
Non-Hispanic Black	.915	[.735–1.138]	.852	[.680–1.066]
Mexican-American	.631**	[.467–.853]	1.007	[.797–1.272]
Other Race	.901	[.667–1.219]	.951	[.694–1.301]
Non-Hispanic White	—	—	—	—
BMI	1.026***	[1.013–1.040]	1.011	[.994–1.027]
PIR (in last wave:1999–04)	.864***	[.797–.936]	.900*	[.827–.980]

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001

^aPIR = poverty income ratio and OR = change in odds estimated for a one-unit increase in PIR