[Table/Fig-6]:

Regression analyses showing the contributions of age and obesity indices on the lipid profile parameters in males and females.

Sex	Dependent (outcome) variables	Independent (predictor) variables	Beta (β)	p-value	Model R2
Male	TC	Age	0.272	0.28
		BMI	0.462	0.73	0.032
		WC	0.553	0.43
	TGL	Age	- 0.278	0.35
		BMI	0.957	< 0.01	0.175**
		WC	2.39	0.55
	LDL-C	Age	0.159	0.49
		BMI	1.326	0.29	0.056
		WC	0.517	0.43
	HDL-C	Age	0.165	0.13
		BMI	-1.020	0.13	0.162**
		WC	-0.462	0.08
Female	TC	Age	0.588	0.09
		BMI	0.713	0.69	0.045
		WC	-0.305	0.74
	TGL	Age	0.027	0.95
		BMI	-3.821	0.09	0.235**
		WC	4.153	< 0.01
	LDL-C	Age	0.391	0.19
		BMI	0.737	0.65	0.135*
		WC	0.816	0.32
	HDL-C	Age	0.137	0.32
		BMI	0.267	0.71	0.336**
		WC	-1.324	< 0.01

R²: co-efficient of determination, β (beta): regression co-efficient. R² explains the percent of variance in the lipid parameters that was explained by including age, BMI and WC as predictor variables in the regression models. (*p < 0.05, i.e. statistically significant, **p < 0.01, i.e. statistically highly significant).