Table 6.

Influence of coronary heart disease risk factors on blood cholesterol by age

VARIABLES	LOGISTIC	SE	p-VALUE	ODDS RATIO a	95% CI
	COEFFICIENT
SEX	0.195	0.211	0.355	1.215	0.804; 1.836
AGE 50 b	2.074	0.243	0.009	7.961	4.946; 12.813
BMI c	0.576	0.207	0.005	1.778	1.185; 2.668
AGE 50*SEX	- 0.953	0.285	0.001	0.386	0.221; 0.674
AGE 50*BMI	-0.551	0.281	0.050	0.576	0.332; 1.000

a = odds ratio = e^{sum of logistic coefficients}; CHOL above 6.22 mmol/L; b = by age group (<50 and ≥ 50 y); c = <25 and ≥ 25 kg/m²; CI = confidence interval