Table 5.

Influence of coronary heart disease risk factors on blood cholesterol in the total population

VARIABLE	LOGISTIC	SE	p-VALUE	ODDS RATIO a	95% CI
	COEFFICIENT
SEX	1.655	0.534	0.002	5.232	1.839; 14.885
AGEb,c	0.075	0.008	0.009	1.078	1.061; 1.095
BMI	0.208	0.141	0.141	1.231	0.933; 1.624
AGE*SEX	-0.039	0.010	0.009	0.962	0.943; 0.981

a = odds ratio = e^{sum of logistic coefficients X age}; CHOL above 6.22 mmol/L; b = all ages; c = <25 and ≥ 25 kg/m²; CI = confidence interval