Table 2 Adjusted Means by Religious Affiliation for Cholesterol Levels in Serially Adjusted Models
| Â | LDL | HDL | Triglycerides | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Base Modela (n = 882) | Fully Adjusted Modelb (n = 882) | Base Modela (n = 889) | Fully Adjusted Modelb (n = 889) | Base Modela (n = 889) | Fully Adjusted Modelb (n = 889) | |
Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |
Religious Affiliation | ||||||
 Hinduism/ Jainism | 105.8 (103.6, 108.0)* | 106.0 (103.8, 108.2)†| 48.2 (47.3, 49.1) | 48.2 (47.4, 49.1) | 118.3 (114.3, 122.3) | 118.1 (114.2, 122.2) |
 Sikhism | 111.3 (104.3, 118.7) | 112.0 (104.9, 119.5) | 50.4 (47.7, 53.4) | 50.1 (47.4, 53.0) | 118.5 (106.7, 131.7) | 119.5 (107.4, 132.9) |
 Islam | 115.4 (107.8, 123.5) | 114.0 (106.2, 122.4) | 46.8 (44.1, 49.6) | 48.2 (45.4, 51.2) | 131.8 (118.1, 147.2) | 127.7 (113.8, 143.3) |
 Other | 106.4 (98.6, 114.7) | 105.8 (98.0, 114.2) | 47.5 (44.5, 50.8) | 47.3 (44.3, 50.5) | 109.7 (97.0, 124.2)§ | 110.3 (97.3, 124.9) |
 None | 105.2 (98.1, 112.9) | 104.0 (96.7, 111.8) | 51.5 (48.5, 54.8)‡ | 50.1 (47.1, 53.4) | 109.7 (97.7, 123.1)** | 113.6 (100.9, 127.8) |