Total cholesterol and triglycerides are associated with the development of new bone marrow lesions in asymptomatic middle-aged women - a prospective cohort study

Table 3 Association between incident bone marrow lesions and lipids

	Univariate analysis, odds ratio (95% CI)	Pvalue	Multivariate analysis, odds ratio (95% CI)^a	Pvalue
Total cholesterol	1.82 (1.04, 3.2)	0.037	1.84 (1.01, 3.36)	0.048
Ln triglycerides	9.23 (2.06, 41.46)	0.004	8.4 (1.63, 43.43)	0.01
Ln HDL	0.60 (0.06, 5.99)	0.67	1.12 (0.008, 14.79)	0.93
Ln LDL	7.10 (0.56, 89.39)	0.13	5.79 (0.39,86.46)	0.20
Total/HDL ratio	1.53 (0.98, 2.38)	0.06	1.41 (0.86, 2.32)	0.17

^aOdds ratio of having an incident bone marrow lesion for each unit increase in total cholesterol, natural logarithm (Ln) of triglycerides, natural logarithm of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or for the total/HDL ration after adjusting for age and body mass index. CI, confidence interval.

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