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Table 4 Results of stepwise regression analysis with the presence of coronary heart disease (CHD) as the dependent variable in overweight and normal weight subjects.

From: Relationship between apolipoprotein(a) size polymorphism and coronary heart disease in overweight subjects

Overweight subjects

Predictor

step

t

P value

Diabetes mellitus

1

5.892

<0.0001

Apo(a) isoforms of low molecular weight

2

2.665

0.008

Hypercholesterolemia

3

2.466

0.014

BMI

4

2.120

0.035

Normal weight subjects

Diabetes mellitus

1

8.521

<0.0001

Smoking

2

4.135

<0.0001

Hypercholesterolemia

3

3.296

0.001

Hypertension

4

3.097

0.002

Apo(a) isoforms of low molecular weight

5

2.500

0.013