Table 2. Hierarchical Regression Analysis between Apolipoprotein B and Clinical Variables.

Variable	Model 1 (R2 =0.270)		Model 2 (R2 =0.273)		Model 3 (R2 =0.287)
	βa	P value	βa	P value	βa	P value
Age	-0.019	0.510	-0.021	0.468	-0.013	0.678
Male	0.070	0.017	0.072	0.014	0.055	0.071
LDL-C	0.490	<0.001	0.506	<0.001	0.494	<0.001
No. of MetS components	0.120	<0.001	0.110	<0.001	0.036	0.401
Use of antilipidemic agents	-	-	0.064	0.031	0.055	0.064
Waist circumference	-	-	-	-	-0.006	0.863
Systolic blood pressure	-	-	-	-	0.099	0.018
Diastolic blood pressure	-	-	-	-	-0.040	0.314
Triglyceride	-	-	-	-	0.116	<0.001
HDL-C	-	-	-	-	-0.014	0.660

Apolipoprotein B level was the dependent variable.

R², adjusted R-squared; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; MetS, metabolic syndrome; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^aPartial regression coefficient.