Table 2 Independent Predictors of Median Plasma HDL-C Levels Excluding BMI and DM as Co-variates (N = 784)

Predictors

Coefficient

X²

p

Q

Sex (Female = 0, Male = 1)

-0.271

91.873

<0.001

<0.001

Smoking (Yes = 1, No = 0)

-0.118

14.432

<0.001

<0.001

Gene

SNP

Coefficient

X ²

p

Q

CETP

rs12149545

0.082

20.727

<0.001

<0.001

LPL

rs328

0.094

10.870

0.001

0.004

APOA5

rs3135506

-0.145

8.729

0.003

0.008

APOA2

rs3829793

.213

8.259

0.004

0.009

rs3813627

-0.202

7.207

0.007

0.013

LIPC

rs36041167

-0.088

5.965

0.015

0.024

APOC2

rs228911

0.041

5.544

0.019

0.026

SOAT2

rs2272296

0.055

4.538

0.033

0.040