Relationship of Lifestyle Medical Advice and Non-HDL Cholesterol Control of a Nationally Representative US Sample with Hypercholesterolemia by Race/Ethnicity

Table 2

Odds ratios for receiving medical advice by race/ethnicity.

Dependent variable	Independent	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Told to eat less fat	MA	1.48 (1.09, 2.04)	1.59 (1.14, 2.20)	1.60 (1.14, 2.26)
	OH	1.10 (0.81, 1.48)	1.13 (0.82, 1.56)	1.15 (0.82, 1.60)
	BNH	1.70 (1.36, 2.12)	1.59 (1.37, 1.99)	1.49 (1.19, 1.86)
	WNH	1.00	1.00	1.00
Told to control or lose weight	MA	1.54 (1.12, 2.12)	1.58 (1.12, 2.21)	1.55 (1.07, 2.25)
	OH	1.75 (1.33, 2.31)	1.77 (1.32, 2.39)	1.75 (1.26, 2.41)
	BNH	1.37 (1.11, 1.70)	1.38 (1.11, 1.71)	1.21 (0.95, 1.54)
	WNH	1.00	1.00	1.00
Told to exercise	MA	1.65 (2.23, 2.22)	1.64 (1.21, 2.23)	1.64 (1.20, 2.26)
	OH	1.56 (1.20, 2.04)	1.56 (1.19, 2.06)	1.54 (1.15, 2.07)
	BNH	1.71 (1.41, 2.08)	1.51 (1.24, 1.85)	1.35 (1.09, 1.68)
	WNH	1.00	1.00	1.00

Model 1: adjusted for age and gender (and BMI for “told to control or lose weight”).
Model 2: adjusted for age, gender, BMI, current smoker, education, and health insurance.
Model 3: adjusted for age, gender, BMI, current smoker, education, health insurance, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.