Physical activity, sedentary behavior time and lipid levels in the Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg study

Table 4 Multivariate adjusted mean and SE of HDL-, LDL-, and total cholesterol, and triglycerides across increasing sedentary and PA time categories in ORISCAV-LUX, in normal weight participants (BMI <25 kg/m², n = 589)

Lipid outcome^a	Model^b	Screen time (day off)						R ²	p linear
		≤1 hour/day 13.9 %		>1-4 hours/day 48.7 %		≥4 hours/day 37.3 %
		M	SE	M	SE	M	SE
HDL-cholesterol	Basic	70.0	1.7	67.8	0.9	66.3	1.1	0.19	0.07
	Extended	70.2	1.8	68.1	0.9	66.7	1.3	0.23	0.12
LDL-cholesterol	Basic	109.1^*	3.2	112.9	1.7	118.4	2.2	0.20	0.020
	Extended	110.0^*	3.5	114.0	1.9	119.3	2.5	0.23	0.036
Total cholesterol	Basic	188.6^*	3.8	190.8^*	2.0	198.1	2.5	0.22	0.039
	Extended	190.2	4.0	192.3	2.1	198.6	2.9	0.26	0.10
Triglycerides	Basic	76.7^*	4.8	81.0^*	2.5	97.9	3.2	0.07	<0.001
	Extended	77.3^*	5.0	82.3^*	2.7	96.7	3.5	0.11	0.002

^*significantly different from ≥ 4 hours/day group, p < 0.05
Basic: age, education, gender
Extended: Basic + income, profession, total PA (mins/wk), carbohydrate as % of total enery intake, protein as % of total energy intake, saturated fat as % of total energy intake, alcohol, smoking

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