Exploring serum miR-33b as a novel diagnostic marker for hypercholesterolemia and obesity: insights from a pilot case-control study

Table 4 Adjusted partial correlation between miR-33b and other health related factors

	Model 0 r⁰	Model 1 r¹	Model 2 r²	Model 3 r³
BMI	0.309^*	0.354^*	-	0.453^**
HC	0.353^*	0.311	0.570^***	0.028
HDL-c	0.121	0.050	0.169	-
LDL-c	0.299	0.327^*	0.479^**	-
Obese	0.352^*	0.409^*	0.058	0.476^**
TC	0.373^*	0.352^*	0.465^**	-
THR	0.254^*	0.368^*	0.224	-
TG	0.486	0.404^*	-	-
TyG	0.400^*	0.319^*	-	-0.169

Model 0 Crude, no adjustment; Model 1, r1 as the correlation after adjusting for age, sex, physical activity, and history of hypercholesterolemia; Model 2, r2 as the correlation after adjusting for BMI, TyG, and TG; and Model 3, r3 as the correlation after adjusting for TC, HDL-c, LDL-c, and THR
^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001

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