Table 4.
Effect† of urban-rural location on total cholesterol among 25–74 year-old citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar
| Crude | Model 1 Total effect‡ |
Model 2 Direct effect§ |
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| Coefficient (95% CI) |
p Value | Coefficient (95% CI) |
p Value | Coefficient (95% CI) |
p Value | |
| a. Urban location | (Ref) | (Ref) | (Ref) | |||
| Rural location | −0.28 (−0.50 to −0.05) |
0.020* | −0.28 (−0.44 to −0.01) |
0.042* | −0.23 (−0.42 to −0.04) |
0.026* |
| b. Urban man | (Ref) | (Ref) | (Ref) | |||
| Rural man | −0.49 (−0.79 to −0.19) |
0.005* | −0.39 (−0.74 to −0.29) |
0.037* | −0.39 (−0.75 to −0.01) |
0.041* |
| c. Urban woman | (Ref) | (Ref) | (Ref) | |||
| Rural woman | −0.07 (−0.33 to 0.20) |
0.586 | −0.03 (−0.27 to 0.20) |
0.762 | −0.02 (−0.23 to 0.18) |
0.797 |
*p<0.05.
†Linear regression.
‡Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, income and education.
§Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, income, education, smoking, low fruit and vegetable intake, low physical activity, overweight and obesity, hypertension and diabetes.