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Table 2 Univariate linear regression analysis of association of homocysteine with sociodemographic, anthropometric, biochemical and physiological characteristics

From: Hyperhomocysteinemia and its relations to conventional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in adult Nigerians: the REMAH study

 

β value

P value

Socio-demographic

  

Age

0.097

0.0005

Sex

1.015

0.1856

Cigarette smoking

1.755

0.2215

Alcohol intake

1.542

0.0442

Body Mass Index

0.083

0.3449

Waist-hip ratio

0.002

0.3200

Biochemical

  

LDL

0.007

0.6824

HDL-C

− 0.015

0.0166

TAG

0.026

0.0252

Total Cholesterol

0.003

0.8568

Blood Glucose

0.044

0.2148

Physiological

  

Systolic BP

2.220

 < 0.0001

Diastolic BP

1.564

 < 0.0001

Pulse rate

0.353

0.1179

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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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