The Association between Serum LDL Cholesterol and Genetic Variation in Chromosomal Locus 1p13.3 among Coronary Artery Disease Patients

Table 4

Stepwise regression analysis for LDL-C (dependent) and selected independent variables; age, gender, BMI, diabetes, and antilipidemic treatment (statin) and rs599839, rs646776, and rs4970834.

Independent variable	β-coefficient	Standard coefficient	Standard error	value
Age	−0.016	−0.510	0.032	0.706
Gender	0.840	0.516	1.627	0.611
BMI	0.132	2.38	0.056	0.028
Diabetic state	−0.558	−0.240	0.168	0.005
Smoking	0.038	0.062	0.617	0.951
Statin	0.570	1.146	0.497	0.266
rs4970834	0.337	0.493	0.684	0.627
rs646776	0.065	0.020	0.246	0.791
rs599839	1.74	2.69	0.646	0.014

is significant for levels of β-coefficient at 2-tailed testing.