Table 2.

Risks of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia according to weight gain after 20 years of age.

	Weight Change after 20 Years of Age
	<10 kg (N = 2146)	≥10 kg (N = 1033)	p Value
Number of events	406	259
Person-years	9721.38	4679.49
Incidence/1000 person-years	41.8	55.3
Crude hazard ratio (95%CI)	Reference	1.33 (1.14–1.55)	<0.001
Multivariable-adjusted * hazard ratio (95%CI)	Reference	1.31 (1.08–1.58)	0.006

* Adjusted for age, sex, smoking, daily drinking, exercise, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. CI, confidence interval.