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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2013 Sep;28(3):299–316. doi: 10.1007/s10823-013-9199-0

Table 2.

Association between High Total Cholesterol, Low-HDL Cholesterol, and High Plasma Glucose with Age, Education, Rural Residence, and an Indicator of “Poor” State for the Mexican Population aged 20 or older: ENSANUT 2006

Covariates High Total Cholesterol ≥ 240 mg/dL Low HDL Cholesterol ≤ 40 mg/dL High plasma glucose ≥ 110 mg/dL
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Age (ref=20–29)
 30–39 0.94 [0.51,1.75] 1.60* [1.01,2.55] 0.81 [0.52,1.27] 1.09 [0.78,1.52] 1.88 [0.74,4.80] 1.77 [0.76,4.13]
 40–49 1.51 [0.85,2.69] 2.18** [1.37,3.46] 0.80 [0.51,1.25] 1.32 [0.93,1.87] 5.60*** [2.27,13.82] 3.89** [1.71,8.86]
 50–59 1.53 [0.83,2.80] 4.83*** [2.98,7.83] 0.97 [0.61,1.55] 2.15*** [1.45,3.19] 11.87*** [4.75,29.64] 5.82*** [2.52,13.43]
 60–69 1.72 [0.87,3.38] 3.73*** [2.15,6.47] 0.95 [0.54,1.67] 1.64* [1.05,2.54] 12.16*** [4.86,30.48] 8.50*** [3.66,19.74]
 70-+ 0.96 [0.41,2.24] 5.36*** [2.97,9.67] 0.59 [0.32,1.08] 1.67* [1.01,2.78] 9.80*** [3.48,27.64] 7.51*** [2.95,19.09]
Low Education 0.85 [0.54,1.34] 0.71 [0.49,1.02] 0.93 [0.64,1.34] 0.61** [0.45,0.83] 1.07 [0.63,1.81] 1.85* [1.08,3.18]
Rural 1.03 [0.70,1.52] 0.74* [0.55,0.98] 1.43* [1.06,1.94] 0.85 [0.67,1.07] 0.62* [0.39,0.98] 0.67 [0.43,1.03]
Poor State 0.87 [0.61,1.23] 0.59*** [0.45,0.76] 0.92 [0.70,1.21] 0.62*** [0.50,0.77] 0.54** [0.35,0.82] 1.12 [0.78,1.61]
Stunted 1.67 [0.89,3.12] 0.62 [0.28,1.33] 2.15** [1.31,3.50] 0.86 [0.48,1.55] 1.15 [0.58,2.30] 1.39 [0.70,2.78]
Overweight 0.86 [0.59,1.26] 0.90 [0.65,1.24] 0.51*** [0.38,0.70] 0.63*** [0.48,0.81] 1.23 [0.78,1.94] 1.87** [1.19,2.95]
***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01

*

p<0.05

Note: Coefficient estimates and 95% confidence intervals (shown in brackets) from logistic models. All estimates are weighted taking into account the survey sampling design.