Table 3.
Linear regression analysis for Bifidobacterium predicting FLC λ.
| Variable | B | SE | β | t | p | VIF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant | 5.222 | 0.185 | 28.224 | < 0.005 | ||
| Bifidobacterium | -0.024 | 0.011 | -0.212 | -2.225 | 0.028 | 1.008 |
| Hyperlipidemia | -0.889 | 0.324 | -0.262 | -2.741 | 0.007 | 1.008 |
| Non-Hyperlipidemia | 0 | |||||
| R 2 | 0.124 | |||||
| F | 6.840 | |||||
| P | 0.002 |
Multiple linear analysis was used to assess the association between the abundance of Bifidobacterium and serum FLC λ concentration, with adjustment for the confounder hyperlipidemia. In the analysis, hyperlipidemia was treated as a dichotomous variable.