Skip to main content

Table 1 Comparison of demographics, lifestyle and serum lipid levels between the Mulao and Han populations

From: Association of the GALNT2 gene polymorphisms and several environmental factors with serum lipid levels in the Mulao and Han populations

Parameter

Mulao

Han

t(χ2)

P

Number

775

699

  

Male/female

310/465

266/433

0.584

0.445

Age (years)

52.20 ± 11.68

51.42 ± 15.34

1.187

0.277

Height (cm)

155.08 ± 7.36

154.11 ± 7.88

5.863

0.016

Weight (kg)

53.03 ± 8.82

53.14 ± 8.80

0.066

0.798

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.99 ± 2.96

22.37 ± 3.40

4.961

0.026

Waist circumference (cm)

75.52 ± 8.42

75.21 ± 7.94

0.529

0.467

Cigarette smoking (n %)

    

   Nonsmoker

600(77.4)

525(75.1)

  

   ≤ 20 Cigarettes/day

144(18.6)

154(22.0)

  

   > 20 Cigarettes/day

31(4.0)

20(2.9)

3.800

0.150

Alcohol consumption [n (%)]

    

   Nondrinker

603(77.8)

565(80.8)

  

   ≤ 25 g/day

56(7.2)

66(9.4)

  

   > 25 g/day

116(15.0)

68(9.7)

10.688

0.005

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

128.54 ± 21.06

129.74 ± 19.03

1.302

0.254

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

81.44 ± 11.98

82.35 ± 10.81

2.338

0.126

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

47.10 ± 15.19

47.38 ± 14.43

0.136

0.713

Blood glucose (mmol/L)

6.07 ± 1.69

6.03 ± 1.61

0.231

0.631

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.06 ± 1.31

4.99 ± 1.11

0.191

0.275

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.10 (0.80)

1.05 (0.91)

-0.502

0.616

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.75 ± 0.42

1.73 ± 0.54

0.412

0.521

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.98 ± 0.95

2.87 ± 0.89

4.786

0.029

Apolipoprotein(Apo)A1 (g/L)

1.35 ± 0.39

1.34 ± 0.26

0.332

0.565

ApoB (g/L)

0.98 ± 0.55

0.85 ± 0.21

37.579

0.000

ApoA1/ApoB

1.61 ± 0.77

1.66 ± 0.49

1.796

0.160

  1. HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The values of triglyceride were presented as median (interquartile range). The difference between the two ethnic groups was determined by the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.