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Table 1 Comparison of demographic, lifestyle characteristics and serum lipid levers between the Mulao and Han populations

From: Association of the MLXIPL/TBL2 rs17145738 SNP and serum lipid levels in the Guangxi Mulao and Han populations

Parameter

Mulao

Han

t(x2)

P

Number

649

712

-

-

Male/Female

290/359

316/396

0.013

0.911

Age (years)

52.40 ± 15.61

52.55 ± 15.24

−0.172

0.863

Height (cm)

155.21 ± 8.05

154.23 ± 8.20

2.236

0.025

Weight (kg)

52.81 ± 9.05

53.17 ± 8.90

−0.745

0.456

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.87 ± 3.02

22.36 ± 3.55

−2.734

0.006

Waist circumference (cm)

75.15 ± 8.49

75.09 ± 7.34

0.135

0.893

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

129.63 ± 21.76

130.21 ± 19.23

−0.521

0.603

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

81.05 ± 11.57

82.79 ± 11.20

−2.825

0.005

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

48.59 ± 16.45

47.42 ± 14.87

1.369

0.171

Cigarette smoking [n (%)]

    

Nonsmoker

482 (74.3)

502 (70.5)

  

< 20 cigarettes/day

145 (22.3)

185 (26.0)

2.536

0.281

≥ 20 cigarettes/day

22 (3.4)

25 (3.5)

  

Alcohol consumption [n (%)]

    

Nondrinker

493 (76.0)

555 (77.9)

  

< 25 g/day

55 (8.5)

76 (10.6)

6.329

0.042

≥ 25 g/day

101 (15.5)

81 (11.4)

  

Blood glucose

6.01 ± 1.62

6.10 ± 1.64

−1.034

0.301

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.07 ± 1.35

5.02 ± 1.01

0.688

0.492

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.08 (0.80-1.60)

1.06 (0.80-1.64)

−0.602

0.547

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.76 ± 0.47

1.74 ± 0.53

0.735

0.462

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.93 ± 0.70

2.89 ± 0.82

0.767

0.443

Apolipoprotein (Apo) Al (g/L)

1.33 ± 0.40

1.34 ± 0.25

−0.808

0.419

ApoB (g/L)

0.97 ± 0.54

0.86 ± 0.19

5.051

0.000

ApoA1/ApoB

1.62 ± 1.03

1.64 ± 0.46

−0.381

0.703

  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.