Table 3 Prevalence of dyslipidemia in birth cohorts of the Chinese famine areas

  Prevalence (%)

15.6

23.6

21.8

19.6

   P ^a

0.001

0.020

0.114

  Odds ratio (95% CI)^a

Ref.

1.68 (1.22–2.30)

1.52 (1.07–2.15)

1.33 (0.94–1.88)

   P ^b

0.002

0.024

0.124

  Odds ratio (95% CI)^b

Ref.

1.63 (1.19–2.24)

1.50 (1.05–2.13)

1.32 (0.93–1.87)

  Prevalence (%)

15.9

22.5

22.8

16.8

   P ^a

0.039

0.050

0.780

  Odds ratio (95% CI)^a

Ref.

1.54 (1.02–2.31)

1.57 (1.00–2.46)

1.07 (0.67–1.71)

   P ^b

0.058

0.063

0.827

  Odds ratio (95% CI)^b

Ref.

1.49 (0.84–2.18)

1.41 (0.82–2.40)

1.07 (0.61–1.86)

  P for interaction between area and cohort^a

Ref.

0.995

0.640

0.168

  P for interaction between area and cohort^b

Ref.

0.950

0.583

0.122