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Table 1 Comparison of demographic, lifestyle characteristics and serum lipid levels between Bai Ku Yao and Han Chinese

From: The proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 gene E670G polymorphism and serum lipid levels in the Guangxi Bai Ku Yao and Han populations

Characteristic

Bai Ku Yao

Han Chinese

t(χ2)

P

Number

649

646

-

-

Male/female

324/325

320/326

0.139

0.889

Age (years)

35.68 ± 13.69

36.59 ± 17.56

-1.040

0.298

Height (cm)

153.27 ± 7.17

156.89 ± 8.83

-8.356

0.000

Weight (kg)

51.85 ± 6.99

54.32 ± 10.32

-5.044

0.000

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.04 ± 2.28

22.03 ± 3.65

0.042

0.967

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

116.48 ± 15.78

119.54 ± 17.16

-3.339

0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

74.81 ± 8.99

75.34 ± 11.10

-0.936

0.350

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

41.66 ± 11.64

44.21 ± 11.9

-3.897

0.000

Cigarette smoking [n (%)]

    

   Nonsmoker

442 (68.1)

492 (76.2)

  

   < 20 cigarettes/day

101 (15.6)

46 (7.1)

  

   ≥ 20 cigarettes/day

106 (2.3)

108 (16.7)

1.468

0.142

Alcohol consumption [n (%)]

    

   Nondrinker

383 (59.0)

490 (75.9)

  

   < 25 g/day

186 (28.7)

112 (17.3)

  

   ≥ 25 g/day

74 (11.4)

44 (6.8)

5.653

0.000

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.23 ± 0.93

4.63 ± 1.07

6.342

0.000

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

0.99 (0.66)

1.02 (0.74)

-1.716

0.086

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.64 ± 0.41

1.75 ± 0.47

-4.643

0.000

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.50 ± 0.76

2.65 ± 0.82

-3.155

0.002

Apolipoprotein (Apo) AI (g/L)

1.28 ± 0.32

1.35 ± 0.31

-3.867

0.000

ApoB (g/L)

0.83 ± 0.21

0.84 ± 0.24

-1.076

0.282

ApoAI/ApoB

1.68 ± 0.78

1.72 ± 0.61

-0.899

0.369

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