Table 3.

Estimated Regression Coefficients for the Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Demographic s, and Health Behaviors on Total/HDL Cholesterol Ratio and HDL Cholesterol for Middle Age and Older Adults

	Ratio Total/HDL Cholesterol (N=4,535)	HDL Cholesterol (N=4,538)
Sex
Female	Ref.	Ref.
Male	0.28*	−6.77***
Age
50–59	Ref.	Ref.
60–69	−0.01	−1.0
70–79	−0.09	−0.75
80+	−0.29***	−0.74
Race/Ethnicity
White	Ref.	Ref.
Black American	−0.23**	2.25**
Latino	0.03	−1.22
Coupled Status
Married/Coupled	Ref.	Ref.
Not Married/Coupled	0.05	−0.06
Currently on Cholesterol Medication	−0.32***	−2.15***
Number of Years in School	−0.02***	0.37***
Income (logged)	−0.04*	0.41*
Assets (logged)	−0.01*	0.30**
Male x Assets	0.02*	−0.34*
Number of times consumed four or more drinksone occasion	−0.01*	0.22***
Frequency of moderate exercise (1=hardly ever or never to 5=every day)	−0.07***	0.95***
Currently smokes	0.11	−1.98**
R-square	0.18	0.17

Note: Results are weighted and adjusted for the complex survey design.