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. 2020 May 20;10(5):73. doi: 10.3390/life10050073

Table 3.

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction and LDL-C goal achievement in monogenic and polygenic hypercholesterolemia.

A. LDL-C reduction (%)
Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment (IPWRA)
Group Mean,% * p value 95% CI
lower upper
Monogenic 45.9 <0.001 42.0 49.8
Polygenic 55.4 52.7 58.1
Ancova
Group Mean,% * p value 95% CI
lower upper
Monogenic 41.5 <0.001 35.4 47.6
Polygenic 51.6 46.6 56.6
Linear Regression Model
Variable F(3,107) = 8.23 p < 0.001
Coefficient p value 95% CI
lower upper
Constant 27.41 <0.001 15.61 39.20
Monogenic/Polygenic −10.13 <0.001 −15.72 −4.54
LDL baseline 0.11 <0.001 0.06 0.16
Diabetes melitus −9.38 0.052 −18.84 0.08
B. LDL-C Goal Achievement
Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment (IPWRA)
Group Probability of goal achievement p value 95% CI
lower upper
Monogenic 0.075 0.004 0.008 0.142
Polygenic 0.245 0.151 0.339
Risk Ratio Polygenic vs. Monogenic = 3.28 1.23 8.72
Logistic Regression
Variable LR Chi2 (2) = 16.90 p < 0.001
Odds ratio p value 95% CI
lower upper
Constant 0.625 0.103 0.355 1.100
Monogenic/Polygenic 0.281 0.023 0.094 0.840
CVD 0.087 0.020 0.011 0.686

Data are presented as * mean and 95% CI or numbers and 95% CI. Abbreviations: see Table 1 and Table 2.