Table 3.

Multi-logistic regression analysis to identify variables that were independently correlated with the changes of the LDL-Rm value, an estimate of the LDL-particle size

Variable	OR	95% CI		n = 335
		Upper	Lower	p value
Age	0.973	0.951	0.995	0.018
Male gender	1.108	0.645	1.903	0.710
BMI	0.991	0.929	1.056	0.776
Current smoking	0.625	0.240	1.627	0.336
Diabetes mellitus	0.822	0.475	1.422	0.483
Hypertension	0.618	0.367	1.041	0.484
Dyslipidemia	1.704	0.768	3.781	0.190
Lipid-modifying drugs	1.368	0.734	2.552	0.324
∆LCAT 1Q	Reference
∆LCAT 2Q	1.498	0.738	3.039	0.263
∆LCAT 3Q	1.784	0.884	3.601	0.163
∆LCAT 4Q	2.028	1.019	4.035	0.044

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, ∆ absolute change from baseline, LCAT lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase, Q quartile