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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Nov;26(11):2702–2709. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.469

Table. 3.

Multiply-adjusted prevalence ratio (PR) of coronary artery calcium (CAC) or abdominal aortic calcium (AAC) associated with a positive single standard deviation increment of lumber of bone density for different lipid profiles

WOMEN MEN
CAC AAC CAC AAC
N PR 95% CI PR 95% CI N PR 95% CI PR 95% CI
305 631
TC:HDL ratio p=0.01 p=0.24 p=0.54 p=0.15
  < 5.0 0.75 0.64, 0.89 0.99 0.91, 1.09 0.94 0.88, 1.01 0.94 0.89, 0.99
  ≥ 5.0 0.96 0.46, 1.98 1.13 0.97, 1.31 0.97 0.79, 1.19 1.05 0.93, 1.19
Total cholesterol p=0.24 p=0.75 p=0.75 p=0.72
  < 240 mg/dL 0.76 0.63, 0.92 1.03 0.94, 1.12 0.95 0.89, 1.02 0.96 0.91, 1.01
  ≥ 240 mg/dL 1.52 0.61, 3.75 1.03 0.74, 1.43 0.95 0.34, 2.67 0.88 0.72, 1.05
LDL cholesterol p=0.61 p=0.66 p=0.65 p=0.99
  < 160 mg/dL 0.76 0.62, 0.92 1.01 0.92, 1.11 0.96 0.90, 1.03 0.96 0.91, 1.01
  ≥160 mg/dL 1.57 0.89, 2.78 0.94 0.69, 1.28 0.75 0.54, 1.05 0.92 0.62, 1.35
HDL cholesterol p=0.14 p=0.08 p=0.24 p=0.54
  > 40 mg/dL 0.51 0.32, 0.81 0.99 0.90, 1.09 0.97 0.90, 1.04 0.93 0.88, 0.99
  ≤ 40 mg/dL 1.09 0.42, 2.81 1.08 0.92, 1.27 0.91 0.80, 1.03 1.00 0.92, 1.10
Triglycerides p=0.02 p=0.38 p=0.65 p=0.34
  < 200 mg/dL 0.75 0.65, 0.87 1.01 0.93, 1.11 0.96 0.90, 1.03 0.95 0.91, 1.01
  ≥ 200 mg/dL 0.87 0.53, 1.41 1.00 0.68, 1.48 0.86 0.68, 1.11 1.00 0.85, 1.17

p-values are for interaction.

TC:HDL ratio= total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol ratio.

*

Models are adjusted for age, ethnicity, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, physical activity