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Table 5.

Forward (total cholesterol and HDL) and backward (LDL) stepwise regression analyses of various factors predictive of cholesterol and its fractions in cystic fibrosis patients.

Dependent Variable	p Model	R²	Independent Variables	β	p
Total cholesterol	10⁻⁶	0.6242	Campesterol	0.0686	0.000046
			Age	2.0042	0.0011
			Sex	26.1551	0.0048
			U of lipase/g of fat	0.0073	0.032
			BMI	3.1605	0.040
HDL-C	0.0143	0.3841	Age	0.63768	0.025
HDL-C	0.0143	0.3841	β-sitosterol	0.04741	0.048
LDL-C	10⁻⁶	0.5075	CFTR genotype	−29.5117	0.00011
LDL-C	10⁻⁶	0.5075	β-sitosterol	0.0665	0.0016

HDL-C—high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C—low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.