Odds ratio of high lipids profile according to quartiles of dietary glycemic index and dietary glycemic load.
Quartiles of dietary glycemic index
Quartiles of dietary glycemic load
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
OR
OR
OR
OR
for trend
OR
OR
OR
OR
for trend
(CI 95%)
(CI 95%)
(CI 95%)
(CI 95%)
(CI 95%)
(CI 95%)
High total cholesterol f
1.0
1.00
1.05
1.10
.1
1.0
1.17
1.28
1.24
.2
(0.82–1.11)
(0.90–1.24)
(0.93–1.30)
(0.83–1.66)
(0.88–1.89)
(0.76–2.04)
n**
550
550
558
562
525
549
576
551
Low HDL-C f
1.0
1.13
1.30
1.32
.002
1.0
1.33
1.47
1.78
.002
(0.94–1.36)
(1.08–1.58)
(1.07–1.62)
(1.10–1.54)
(1.17–1.87)
(1.19–2.57)
n**
1125
1142
1170
1168
1136
1150
1166
1187
High LDL-C f
1.0
1.18
1.22
1.26
.05
1.0
1.06
1.31
1.31
.05
(0.96–1.45)
(0.98–1.53)
(1.02–1.55)
(0.74–1.50)
(0.89–1.96)
(0.77–2.22)
n**
941
958
964
970
941
942
967
995
High triglycerides f
1.0
1.00
1.03
1.18
.1
1.0
1.50
1.68
1.85
.01
(0.82–1.12)
(0.88–1.20)
(1.01–1.40)
(1.04–2.17)
(1.13–2.49)
(1.12–3.04)
n**
555
555
563
630
536
579
603
616
Risk of CHD f
1.0
1.18
1.23
1.56
.01
1.0
1.60
1.92
2.64
.001
(0.86–1.61)
(0.91–1.65)
(1.13–2.14)
(0.80–3.21)
(0.90–4.11)
(1.15–6.58)
n**
37
38
41
58
28
46
48
52
High lipids profile: High total Cholesterol (200 mg/dL); Low HDL-C (40 mg/dL for men and 50 mg/dL in women); High LDL-C (100 mg/dL); High triglycerides (150 mg/dL); CHD; Coronary heart disease risk (10 in 10 years ); f OR's adjusted for sex; age (years); BMI (20, 20–24.9, 25.0–29.9, 30 kg/m2); physical activity (mets/week); smoking (never, past, current); and intakes of total energy, protein, saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, alcohol, fiber, folate, magnesium. **n, subjects with abnormal lipid blood plasma concentrations by quartile of GI and GL consumption.