Table 3.

Odds ratios of variables selected by backward stepwise elimination

Characteristica	Multivariate OR (95% CI)b,c	P
Age	1.034 (1.010 - 1.059)	0.005
HbA1c (%)	1.477 (0.980 - 2.225)	0.062
Photometric O/N	2.012 (1.000 - 4.051)	0.050

^aData in 1996-1997; ^bOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ^cVariables evaluated for elimination were age, sex, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c, fasting insulin, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, BMI, and photometric O/N, and electrophoretic O/N.