Sexual Dimorphism and Sex-2D : 4D Interactions on Fasting Lipid Variables in an Adult Ghanaian Population

Table 2

Interactions between sex and the 2D : 4DR on fasting plasma lipid variables.

LR model	Dependent variable		95% CI		value
			Lower	Upper
1	TCHOL (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	4.932	2.797	7.068	<0.001
	Age (years)	0.061	-0.021	0.143	0.141
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.071	-0.136	-0.006	0.033
	Sex	-0.040	-0.466	0.387	0.854
	2D : 4DR	7.379	-0.530	15.288	0.067
		-9.392	-20.055	1.270	0.084
2	TRIG (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	1.001	-0.169	2.172	0.093
	Age	0.012	-0.032	0.057	0.589
	BMI	-0.004	-0.040	0.033	0.836
	Sex	0.092	-0.139	0.324	0.431
	2D : 4DR	1.680	-2.735	6.095	0.452
		-0.586	-6.469	5.297	0.844
3	HDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	2.271	0.946	3.596	0.001
	Age (years)	0.038	-0.013	0.089	0.143
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.057	-0.098	-0.017	0.006
	Sex	-0.136	-0.400	0.129	0.311
	2D : 4DR	6.177	1.269	11.085	0.014
		-10.480	-17.097	-3.864	0.002
4	LDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	2.101	0.412	3.789	0.015
	Age (years)	0.017	-0.048	0.081	0.609
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.006	-0.059	0.047	0.820
	Sex	0.049	-0.286	0.383	0.773
	2D : 4DR	-0.384	-6.755	5.987	0.905
		2.116	-6.373	10.606	0.622
5	VLDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	0.456	-0.076	0.988	0.092
	Age (years)	0.006	-0.015	0.026	0.589
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.002	-0.018	0.015	0.831
	Sex	0.042	-0.063	0.148	0.429
	2D : 4DR	0.793	-1.216	2.801	0.435
		-0.288	-2.964	2.388	0.831
6	CR
	(Constant)	1.175	-3.370	5.719	0.609
	Age (years)	0.025	-0.150	0.199	0.780
	BMI (kg/m^2)	0.095	-0.044	0.233	0.180
	Sex	0.594	-0.313	1.502	0.197
	2D : 4DR	-3.882	-20.711	12.948	0.648
		17.062	-5.627	39.751	0.139

The 2D : 4DR was centered before linear regression (LR) analysis. TCHOL: total cholesterol; TRIG: triglycerides; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; VLDL: very low-density lipoprotein; C: cholesterol; CR: coronary risk; BMI: body mass index.