Table 5. Path model A: Association between relative risk factors.

Clinical factor			Estimate	Standard error	Test statistic	P value	Standard regression coefficient
BMI	<-->	Age	-14.835	1.435	-10.335	<0.001	-0.341
	<-->	Gender	0.386	0.045	8.503	<0.001	0.275
	<-->	HbA1c	0.601	0.136	4.421	<0.001	0.140
	<-->	HDL	-16.225	1.971	-8.233	<0.001	-0.266
	<-->	LDL	6.604	4.047	1.632	0.103	0.051
	<-->	MDALDL	25.504	6.455	3.951	<0.001	0.124
	<-->	Smoking	0.211	0.053	3.963	<0.001	0.125
	<-->	HT	0.158	0.052	3.044	0.002	0.095
HT	<-->	Age	0.809	0.155	5.209	<0.001	0.165
	<-->	Gender	0.000	0.005	0.039	0.969	0.001
	<-->	HbA1c	0.009	0.015	0.580	0.562	0.018
	<-->	HDL	-0.589	0.216	-2.733	0.006	-0.086
	<-->	LDL	-0.690	0.456	-1.513	0.130	-0.047
	<-->	MDALDL	-0.371	0.722	-0.513	0.608	-0.016
	<-->	Smoking	-0.012	0.006	-2.045	0.041	-0.064
Smoking	<-->	Age	-1.461	0.163	-8.946	<0.001	-0.291
	<-->	Gender	0.021	0.005	4.164	<0.001	0.131
	<-->	HbA1c	0.010	0.016	0.632	0.527	0.020
	<-->	HDL	-0.591	0.221	-2.678	0.007	-0.084
	<-->	LDL	1.180	0.468	2.521	0.012	0.079
	<-->	MDALDL	3.543	0.748	4.739	<0.001	0.149
MDALDL	<-->	Age	-135.825	19.454	-6.982	<0.001	-0.223
	<-->	Gender	0.357	0.612	0.583	0.560	0.018
	<-->	HbA1c	4.198	1.887	2.225	0.026	0.070
	<-->	HDL	-179.680	27.197	-6.607	<0.001	-0.211
	<-->	LDL	1179.820	67.406	17.503	<0.001	0.652
LDL	<-->	Age	-53.013	12.093	-4.384	<0.001	-0.138
	<-->	Gender	-1.163	0.388	-3.001	0.003	-0.094
	<-->	HbA1c	0.583	1.188	0.491	0.624	0.015
	<-->	HDL	-0.088	16.792	-0.005	0.996	0.000
HDL	<-->	Age	25.174	5.700	4.417	<0.001	0.139
	<-->	Gender	-1.119	0.185	-6.042	<0.001	-0.192
	<-->	HbA1c	-1.760	0.562	-3.130	0.002	-0.098
HbA1c	<-->	Age	0.279	0.399	0.699	0.484	0.022
	<-->	Gender	0.038	0.013	2.940	0.003	0.092
Gender	<-->	Age	-0.814	0.132	-6.155	<0.001	-0.196
e1	<-->	e2	0.002	0.012	0.188	0.851	0.006

HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c; HDL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MDA-LDL = malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein; HT = hypertension; BMI = body mass index