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. 2021 Aug 16;11:16541. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95970-z

Table 3.

Sex- and age- adjusted effects per GESLipid standard deviation and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC) in linear regression models including main effects of a lipid-associated genetic effect allele sum score (GESLipid based on14), indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP; education groups and income tertiles) and interaction terms of GESLipid and indicators of SEP.

HDL-C LDL-C TC
β (95%-CI) p β (95%-CI) p β (95%-CI) p
Lipid ~ age + sex + GESLipid+ Education + GESLipid*Education
n 4502 4489 4503
Intercept −11.50 (−23.95; 1.00) 0.070 49.89 (25.51; 74.26) 6.1*10–05 80.32 (50.25; 110.40) 1.7*10–07
Age 0.05 (−0.01; 0.11) 0.106 0.25 (0.11; 0.38) 4.1*10–04 0.33 (0.19; 0.478) 8.1*10–06
Sex 14.79 (13.83; 15.75) 3.9*10–183 −1.07 (−3.28; 1.14) 0.341 7.35 (5.00; 9.72) 1.2*10–09
GESLipid 3.01 (2.24; 3.77) 5.2*10–14 6.53 (4.68; 8.37) 5.2*10–12 8.01 (6.08; 9.98) 1.2*10–15
Education (low) 4.33 (−19.59; 28.26) 0.723 52.31 (8.39; 96.24) 0.020 56.57 (0.93; 112.21) 0.046
Education −0.68 (−16.00; 14.64) 0.931 1.84 (−26.52; 30.20) 0.899 8.88 (−27.09; 44.86) 0.628
Education (high) Ref Ref Ref
GESLipid × Edu# (low) −0.56 (−2.09; 1.02) 0.487 −3.87 (−7.47; −0.32) 0.033 −3.64 (−7.44; 0.16) 0.062
GESLipid × Edu# −0.05 (−1.07; 0.92) 0.885 0.14 (−2.16; 2.43) 0.911 −0.52 (−2.96; 1.98) 0.686
GESLipid × Edu# (high) Ref Ref Ref
Lipid ~ age + sex + GESLipid+ Income + GESLipid*Income
n 4232 4220 4233
Intercept −8.60 (−21.34; 4.14) 0.186 55.82 (31.47; 80.16) 7.2*10–06 88.25 (58.43; 118.07) 7.0*10–09
Age 0.02 (−0.04; 0.08) 0.483 0.27 (0.13; 0.40) 1.8*10–04 0.35 (0.20; 0.50) 3.2*10–06
Sex 14.07 (13.14; 15.01) 5.5*10–173 −0.14 (−2.41; 1.90) 0.897 7.66 (5.37; 9.95) 6.5*10–11
GESLipid 2.96 (2.14; 3.72) 5.4*10–13 5.85 ( 4.01; 7.70) 6.8*10–10 7.38 ( 5.46; 9.31) 1.2*10–13
Income (low) 0.80 (−16.72; 18.33) 0.928 6.54 (−24.83; 37.91) 0.683 −4.95 (−44.85; 34.94) 0.808
Income 0.56 (−17.31; 18.42) 0.951 0.40 (−32.81; 33.61) 0.981 23.38 (−18.03; 64.79) 0.269
Income (high) Ref Ref Ref
GESLipid × Inc$ (low) −0.10 (−1.28; 1.02) 0.833 −0.23 (−2.79; 2.30) 0.852 0.47 (−2.24; 3.22) 0.726
GESLipid × Inc$ −0.15 (−1.28; 1.02) 0.822 0.14 (−2.57; 2.84) 0.911 −1.56 (−4.42; 1.30) 0.283
GESLipid × Inc$ (high) Ref Ref Ref

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