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

From: Association of the TRIB1 tribbles homolog 1 gene rs17321515 A>G polymorphism and serum lipid levels in the Mulao and Han populations

Characteristics

Mulao

Han

t(χ2)

P

Number

639

644

-

-

Male/female

301/338

299/345

-0.183

0.855

Age (years)

53.11 ± 14.97

53.32 ± 15.14

-0.314

0.754

Height (cm)

155.38 ± 8.23

154.70 ± 8.11

1.507

0.132

Weight (kg)

52.88. ± 9.56

54.10 ± 9.16

-2.369

0.018

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.84 ± 3.16

22.61 ± 3.58

-4.102

0.000

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

130.18 ± 22.00

130.25 ± 18.68

-0.089

0.929

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

81.14 ± 11.28

82.81 ± 11.10

-2.664

0.008

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

49.04 ± 16.65

47.44 ± 13.95

1.822

0.069

Blood glucose level (mmol/L)

6.04 ± 1.58

6.09 ± 1.68

-0.498

0.619

Cigarette smoking [n (%)]

    

Nonsmoker

464 (72.6)

455 (70.7)

  

<20 cigarettes/day

133 (20.8)

137 (21.3)

  

≥20 cigarettes/day

42 (6.5)

52 (8.1)

-0.027

0.978

Alcohol consumption [n (%)]

    

Nondrinker

478 (74.8)

485 (75.3)

  

<25 g/day

54 (8.5)

68 (10.6)

  

≥25 g/day

107 (16.7)

91 (14.1)

1.823

0.069

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.06 ± 1.36

5.07 ± 1.12

-0.015

0.988

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.07(0.78)

1.09(0.96)

-0.926

0.354

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.76 ± 0.46

1.72 ± 0.55

-1.114

0.265

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.94 ± 0.91

2.93 ± 0.89

0.290

0.772

Apolipoprotein (Apo) A1 (g/L)

1.33 ± 0.41

1.34 ± 0.27

-0.360

0.719

ApoB (g/L)

0.97 ± 0.52

0.87 ± 0.21

4.378

0.000

Apo A1/ApoB

1.59±0.71

1.62 ± 0.50

-0.983

0.326

  1. TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ApoA1, apolipoprotein A1; ApoB, apolipoprotein B.
  2. 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.