Table 5.
Sex-specific association between ideal cardiovascular health and LTL among SHFS participants
| Ideal cardiovascular health | Mean LTL (T/S ratio) |
Age-adjusted | Multivariate-adjusteda | ||
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| β (SE) | P-value | β (SE) | P-value | ||
| Men | |||||
| Below average (ref) | 0.95 ± 0.22 | – | – | – | – |
| Average | 0.98 ± 0.23 | 0.000 (0.019) | 0.994 | −0.001 (0.019) | 0.943 |
| Above average | 1.07 ± 0.23 | 0.038 (0.023) | 0.129 | 0.032 (0.024) | 0.280 |
| P for trend | 0.201 | 0.371 | |||
| Women | |||||
| Below average (ref) | 0.95 ± 0.23 | – | – | – | – |
| Average | 1.00 ± 0.24 | 0.017 (0.015) | 0.252 | 0.017 (0.015) | 0.255 |
| Above average | 1.08 ± 0.24 | 0.042 (0.020) | 0.033 | 0.039 (0.019) | 0.044 |
| P for trend | 0.034 | 0.045 | |||
a
Adjust for age, education level, marital status, processed meat consumption, alcohol consumption, and study site