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Table 1 Demographic and metabolic characteristics of the study participants

From: Triglyceride-raising APOA5 genetic variants are associated with obesity and non-HDL-C in Chinese children and adolescents

 

Control group (n = 194)

Obese or over-weight group (n = 569)

P

Sex (M/F)

149/45

417/152

0.252

Age (years)

10.94 ± 2.78

10.76 ± 2.02

0.410

BMI z-scores

(-0.27) ± 0.52

3.19 ± 1.38

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

93.9 ± 11.27

112.45 ± 14.46

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

66.35 ± 7.64

68.50 ± 9.09

0.001

TC (mmol/L)

3.80 ± 0.51

4.37 ± 0.92

<0.001

TG (mmol/L)

0.77 ± 0.32

1.49 ± 0.85

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.50 ± 0.31

1.25 ± 0.31

<0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

1.94 ± 0.41

2.56 ± 0.71

<0.001

non-HDL-C (mmol/L)

2.30 ± 0.43

3.14 ± 0.87

<0.001

FPG

4.84 ± 0.48

5.06 ± 0.65

<0.001

  1. BMI, Body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure, TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Non-HDL-C, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG, fasting plasma glucose.
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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