Table 4.
Results of stepwise regression analysis with the presence of coronary heart disease (CHD) as the dependent variable in overweight and normal weight subjects.
| Overweight subjects | |||
| Predictor | step | t | P value |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 | 5.892 | <0.0001 |
| Apo(a) isoforms of low molecular weight | 2 | 2.665 | 0.008 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 3 | 2.466 | 0.014 |
| BMI | 4 | 2.120 | 0.035 |
| Normal weight subjects | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 | 8.521 | <0.0001 |
| Smoking | 2 | 4.135 | <0.0001 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 3 | 3.296 | 0.001 |
| Hypertension | 4 | 3.097 | 0.002 |
| Apo(a) isoforms of low molecular weight | 5 | 2.500 | 0.013 |