Table 4.

Stepwise regression analysis for LDL-C (dependent) and selected independent variables; age, gender, BMI, diabetes, and antilipidemic treatment (statin) and rs599839, rs646776, and rs4970834.

Independent variable	β-coefficient	Standard coefficient	Standard error	P value
Age	−0.016	−0.510	0.032	0.706
Gender	0.840	0.516	1.627	0.611
BMI	0.132	2.38	0.056	0.028
Diabetic state	−0.558	−0.240	0.168	0.005
Smoking	0.038	0.062	0.617	0.951
Statin	0.570	1.146	0.497	0.266
rs4970834	0.337	0.493	0.684	0.627
rs646776	0.065	0.020	0.246	0.791
rs599839	1.74	2.69	0.646	0.014

P < 0.05 is significant for levels of β-coefficient at 2-tailed testing.