Table 4.

Hierarchical multiple regression analysis for variables predicting LDL-cholesterol

Variables	Step 1				Step 2
	B	SE of B	β	p	B	SE of B	β	p
Age	0.62	0.20	0.23	<0.01*	0.63	0.23	0.23	<0.01*
Male sex	−9.32	5.19	−0.16	0.07	−7.75	5.82	−0.13	0.18
Smoking	9.74	4.67	0.15	0.04*	10.61	4.89	0.16	0.03*
Antihyperlipidemic agents	−16.90	6.89	−0.17	0.02*	−17.42	7.13	−0.18	0.02*
BMI	1.35	0.73	0.15	0.07	1.58	0.78	0.18	0.05
SBP	−0.36	0.19	−0.19	0.06	−0.34	0.21	−0.18	0.11
DBP	0.64	0.29	0.23	0.03*	0.62	0.31	0.23	0.04*
TG	−0.02	0.03	−0.05	0.52	−0.01	0.03	−0.04	0.61
HDL	−0.30	0.17	−0.16	0.07	−0.31	0.18	−0.17	0.08
FBG	−0.20	0.12	−0.12	0.10	−0.20	0.12	−0.12	0.11
Self-distraction					−1.74	2.09	−0.07	0.41
Active					−0.09	2.71	0.00	0.97
Denial					0.88	2.16	0.04	0.69
Substance use					−1.85	1.48	−0.10	0.21
Emotional support					2.17	2.67	0.09	0.41
Instrumental support					−1.25	2.63	−0.05	0.64
Behavioral disengagement					−1.12	2.47	−0.04	0.65
Venting					4.79	2.10	0.18	0.02*
Positive reframing					1.72	2.42	0.06	0.48
Planning					−1.91	2.36	−0.08	0.42
Humor					−0.82	2.01	−0.03	0.69
Acceptance					−0.80	2.56	−0.03	0.75
Religion					−0.07	1.61	0.00	0.96
Self-blame					0.60	1.87	0.02	0.75
Adjusted R2		0.14				0.18

LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, R ² coefficient of correlation, B unstandardized regression coefficient, SE standard error, β standardized partial regression coefficient, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglycerides, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FBG fasting blood glucose

Asterisk indicates statistically significance with p-value < 0.05