Lipids and All-Cause Mortality among Older Adults: A 12-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 2

All-cause mortality risk and lipid levels in adjusted by sex, age >75, hypertension, and diabetes.

Variable	Hazard ratio	Confidence interval 95%	Value of 𝑃
Total cholesterol >200 mg/dL	0.76	0.61–0.95	<0.05
Total cholesterol <170 mg/dL	1.60	1.26–2.04	<0.001
HDL-c <40 mg/dL	1.20	0.93–1.54	ns
HDL-c <35 mg/dL	1.21	0.90–1.63	ns
Cholesterol non-HDL >170 mg/dL	0.78	0.61–0.99	<0.05
LDL-c >100 mg/dL	0.69	0.55–0.87	<0.05
LDL-c >130 mg/dL	0.73	0.58–0.92	<0.05
Triglycerides >150 mg/dL	0.82	0.65–1.03	ns
Triglycerides >200 mg/dL	0.81	0.59–1.11	ns

HDL-c: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
ns: nonsignificant.