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

Table 4

Interactions between sex and the Dr-l on fasting plasma lipid variables.

LR model	Dependent variable		95% CI		value
			Lower	Upper
13	TCHOL (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	4.589	2.467	6.712	0.000
	Age (years)	0.073	-0.010	0.155	0.083
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.068	-0.135	-0.002	0.044
	Sex	-0.062	-0.497	0.373	0.778
	Dr-l	2.839	-7.389	13.068	0.583
	-l	3.372	-9.932	16.676	0.616
14	TRIG (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	0.864	-0.280	2.009	0.137
	Age (years)	0.018	-0.026	0.063	0.417
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.004	-0.040	0.033	0.840
	Sex	0.067	-0.167	0.301	0.570
	Dr-l	1.054	-4.502	6.610	0.707
	-l	2.097	-5.088	9.283	0.564
15	HDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	2.143	0.778	3.507	0.002
	Age (years)	0.037	-0.016	0.090	0.166
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.053	-0.096	-0.010	0.015
	Sex	-0.065	-0.345	0.215	0.644
	Dr-l	-1.730	-8.307	4.846	0.603
	-l	-0.637	-9.191	7.917	0.883
16	LDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	1.998	0.378	3.618	0.016
	Age (years)	0.026	-0.037	0.088	0.421
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.009	-0.060	0.042	0.726
	Sex	-0.032	-0.363	0.299	0.850
	Dr-l	3.483	-4.382	11.348	0.382
	-l	3.549	-6.623	13.720	0.490
17	VLDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	0.392	-0.129	0.913	0.138
	Age (years)	0.008	-0.012	0.028	0.415
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.002	-0.018	0.015	0.839
	Sex	0.031	-0.076	0.137	0.569
	Dr-l	0.507	-2.020	3.035	0.691
	-l	0.935	-2.334	4.203	0.572
18	CR
	(Constant)	0.922	-3.593	5.437	0.686
	Age (years)	0.042	-0.133	0.218	0.633
	BMI (kg/m^2)	0.092	-0.049	0.233	0.198
	Sex	0.413	-0.513	1.339	0.379
	Dr-l	8.919	-12.839	30.678	0.418
	-l	1.111	-27.191	29.412	0.938

The Dr-l 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.