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Table 1 The general characteristics and serum lipid levels

From: Association of rs5888 SNP in the scavenger receptor class B type 1 gene and serum lipid levels

Parameter

Bai Ku Yao

Han Chinese

t (χ2)

P

Number

598

585

–

–

Male/female

286/312

277/308

0.027

0.870

Age (years)

40.22 ± 15.18

41.87 ± 16.35

−1.795

0.073

Height (cm)

152.64 ± 7.37

156.33 ± 7.90

−8.318

0.000

Weight (kg)

51.69 ± 7.23

54.57 ± 9.74

−5.742

0.000

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.15 ± 2.38

22.29 ± 3.46

−0.814

0.416

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

119.26 ± 17.44

122.78 ± 18.76

−3.352

0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

75.46 ± 9.69

77.58 ± 11.52

−3.430

0.001

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

43.80 ± 13.23

45.20 ± 12.79

−1.855

0.064

Cigarette smoking [n (%)]

Nonsmoker

414 (69.2)

437 (74.7)

  

< 20 cigarettes/day

84 (14.0)

57 (9.7)

  

≥ 20 cigarettes/day

100 (16.7)

91 (15.6)

6.074

0.048

Alcohol consumption [n (%)]

Nondrinker

329 (55.0)

458 (78.3)

  

< 25 g/day

172 (28.8)

80 (13.7)

71.959

0.000

≥ 25 g/day

97 (16.2)

47 (8.0)

  

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.35 ± 0.92

4.71 ± 0.99

−6.551

0.000

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.00 (0.65)

1.00 (0.79)

−1.734

0.083

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.67 ± 0.42

1.73 ± 0.46

−2.431

0.015

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.57 ± 0.76

2.72 ± 0.79

−3.502

0.000

Apolipoprotein (Apo) AI (g/L)

1.31 ± 0.32

1.35 ± 0.31

−2.110

0.035

ApoB (g/L)

0.85 ± 0.23

0.82 ± 0.20

2.314

0.021

ApoAI/ApoB

1.67 ± 0.75

1.73 ± 0.53

−1.382

0.167

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