TABLE 2.

Bivariate relationship between demographic and disease variables with total plasma carotenoids among 728 adults in the InCHIANTI Study

Characteristics	Beta	SE	P value
Age, y	−0.040	0.004	0.28
Sex, female, %	0.126	0.049	0.001
Education, y	0.028	0.007	0.45
Alcohol intake, g/d	−0.118	0.001	0.001
Current smoker, %	−0.094	0.070	0.01
BMI, kg/m2	−0.092	0.006	0.01
Physical activity, %	−0.008	0.030	0.84
Log serum C-reactive protein, μg/mL	−0.115	0.285	0.002
Serum total cholesterol, mg/dL	0.305	0.001	<0.0001
Serum HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.106	0.002	0.004
Serum LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.299	0.001	<0.0001
Serum triglycerides, mg/dL	−0.008	0.0004	0.83
Mini-Mental State Exam score <22, %	−0.102	0.074	0.006
Hypertension, %	0.010	0.049	0.79
Coronary artery disease, %	0.058	0.236	0.12
Heart failure, %	−0.082	0.138	0.03
Peripheral artery disease, %	0.016	0.086	0.66
Stroke, %	−0.084	0.122	0.02
Diabetes mellitus, %	−0.097	0.094	0.009
Cancer, %	−0.018	0.102	0.62

Abbreviation: InCHIANTI, Invecchiare in Chianti.