Table 2.

Effect of age, gender, folate and vitamin B12 on lipoprotein levels

	triglycerides	HDL-C	LDL-C	LDL-C/HDL-C	total cholesterol
n	1468	593	593	592	123
Folate	Beta = -0.045; p = 0.087	Beta = 0.094; p = 0.021	Beta = -0.164; p < 0.001	Beta = -0.210; p < 0.001	Beta = -0.138; p = 0.147
Vitamin B12	Beta = -0.051; p = 0.052	Beta = 0.030 p = 0.458	Beta = 0.070; p = 0.094	Beta = 0.058; p = 0.164	Beta = -0.151; p = 0.110
Age (year)	Beta = 0.125; p < 0.001	Beta = -0.012; p = 0.762	Beta = 0.254; p < 0.001	Beta = 0.160; p < 0.001	Beta = 0.178; p = 0.054
Gender (male)	Beta = 0.211; p < 0.001	Beta = -0.352; p < 0.001	Beta = -0.082; p = 0.045	Beta = 0.186; p < 0.001	Beta = -0.180; p = 0.052

Linear logistic regression analysis (standardized partial regression coefficient Beta and p-value) of the independent predictive character of the covariables age, gender, plasma folate level, and plasma vitamin B12 level for the dependent variables triglycerides, HDL-C, LDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C-ratio and total cholesterol levels are depicted. As these were five separate analyses, we set the level of significance to alpha = 0.01