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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2009 Sep;50(3):245–260. doi: 10.1177/002214650905000301

TABLE 4.

Logistic Regression Model for High LDL (As Defined by LDL ≥ 160 or Being on a Statin)

Women (N = 7,972)
Men (N = 7,492)
Variable OR [95% CI] OR [95% CI]
PIR (in first wave:1976–80)a .995 [.903–1.096] 1.068 [.975–1.169]
Year (10-year increments) .917 [.769–1.093] 1.039 [.879–1.227]
PIR × Year .962 [.907–1.020] .961 [.915–1.008]
Age 1.166*** [1.127–1.207] 1.181*** [1.153–1.209]
Age2 .999*** [.999–.999] .999*** [.998–.999]
Race
 Non-Hispanic Black .801* [.650–.987] .772* [.622–.958]
 Mexican-American .599*** [.454–.789] .822 [.665–1.016]
 Other Race .947 [.710–1.265] .906 [.670–1.226]
 Non-Hispanic White
BMI 1.026*** [1.014–1.038] 1.024** [1.007–1.041]
PIR (in last wave:1999–04) .908* [.840–.982] .971 [.916–1.030]
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001

a

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