Gender-stratified association of lifestyle (obesity, low physical activity, smoking status), dietary factors (ethanol, saturated fats, sucrose intake) and other factors (age, education, marital status, menopausal status and estrogen use in women) with both apolipoprotein and lipoprotein ratios (inc

*p<0.05,
**p<0.01,
***p<0.001;
†Expressed as an increase in 10 points.
††These variables were included continuously, divided by 10 in order to get an estimation of the effect on a scale of 10 units (e.g.: 10 years or 10 g/day).
†††Reference category: Post-Menopause (yes)/Estrogen use (no).