27 1 pts We want to assess the association between BMI, age in years and blood cholesterol level (exposure/predictor/independent variables, all treated as continuous variables, normally distributed) and systolic blood pressure (outcome/dependent variable, treated as a continuous variable, normally distributed) in a group of patients suffering from diabetes. The most appropriate statistical technique to employ in the above scenario is: O Simple linear regression O Multiple linear regression O Logistic regression Cox proportional hazards regression