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Table 2 Effect of nativity/ethnicity on biomarker levels controlling for sex and age*

From: Evidence for the healthy immigrant effect in older Chinese immigrants: a cross-sectional study

 

Crude level (mean, sd)

B

95% CI

BMI

26.9 (6.4)

-0.588

-0.740 – -0.435

Log CRP

0.11 (0.5)

-0.033

-0.046 – -0.019

Log IL-6

0.15 (0.3)

-0.020

-0.029 – -0.012

Log TNFα-RII

3.4 (0.2)

-0.010

-0.015 – -0.006

Fibrinogen

467.9 (115.2)

-3.150

-6.066 – -0.234

HDL

51.3 (20.6)

0.782

0.248 – 1.315

LDL

89.0 (28.2)

-1.067

-1.843 – -0.291

Triglycerides

118.2 (76.4)

0.213

-1.785 – 2.211

  1. *A negative value indicates that the level is lower among the Chinese immigrants than the U.S. born whites.