Table 4

Determinants of serum cholesterol concentrations in never-pregnant women aged 18–39 years by multiple linear regression, n=158

Variables included in the model	Serum total cholesterol, mmol/L			Serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L			Serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L
Variables included in the model	B*	Beta*	P value	B*	Beta*	P value	B*	Beta*	P value
Age†	0.02	0.10	0.34	0.01	0.04	0.73	0.01	0.07	0.54
Body mass index	0.03	0.11	0.26	0.05	0.24	0.02	−0.05	−0.30	0.004
Fish consumption‡	0.07	0.15	0.16	0.04	0.10	0.38	0.05	0.16	0.16
Lin PFOS§	0.19	0.28	0.01	0.18	0.31	0.004	0.01	0.03	0.77

*B refers to the unstandardised beta and beta to the standardised beta.
†Age in years.
‡Fish consumption categorised; Fish for dinner: Never (20%),<1 times/month (4%), 1–3 times/month (22%), 1–2 times/week (43%) and 3–5 times/week (12%).
§Lin PFOS, continuous serum concentrations.
Lin PFOS, Lin perfluorooctanesulfonic acid.