Table 1 Lipids levels and physical activity status
Physical activity status | |||||||||
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Sedentary | Low | Medium | High | ||||||
Men | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P-value |
Apolipoprotein A1 (mg/dl) | 145.7 | 23.6 | 149.2 | 22.5 | 149.5 | 22.7 | 150.7 | 23.5 | 0.087 |
Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 146.9 | 32.4 | 137.1 | 28.0 | 131.8 | 37.0 | 130.5 | 24.4 | 0.197 |
Non HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 143.7 | 21.6 | 141.2 | 20.3 | 137.5 | 28.1 | 140.7 | 29.1 | 0.230 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 187.2 | 40.4 | 185.0 | 35.8 | 181.6 | 37.5 | 181.8 | 43.4 | 0.238 |
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl) | 116.5 | 29.8 | 113.7 | 29.3 | 112.8 | 29.2 | 111.6 | 30.7 | 0.247 |
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 43.3 | 16.6 | 45.0 | 11.7 | 44.7 | 10.7 | 45.8 | 9.2 | 0.371 |
Oxidised LDL (mg/dl) | 62.1 | 28.0 | 61.4 | 35.1 | 60.4 | 29.2 | 57.2 | 27.8 | 0.567 |
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 115.1 | 38.7 | 115.5 | 30.5 | 112.5 | 34.7 | 111.0 | 36.5 | 0.577 |
Women | |||||||||
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 52.2 | 13.6 | 54.9 | 12.0 | 55.3 | 15.3 | 56.7 | 14.7 | 0.002 |
Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 102.6 | 37.4 | 99.5 | 39.0 | 91.3 | 38.7 | 84.9 | 33.3 | 0.002 |
Non HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 128.7 | 20.6 | 126.2 | 19.3 | 123.5 | 22.1 | 117.7 | 21.1 | 0.007 |
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl) | 102.8 | 28.5 | 105.3 | 29.6 | 99.1 | 31.1 | 91.4 | 24.5 | 0.013 |
Apolipoprotein A1 (mg/dl) | 160.7 | 26.3 | 162.7 | 22.7 | 165.1 | 26.0 | 170.7 | 25.8 | 0.016 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 181.3 | 37.8 | 178.3 | 42.6 | 178.0 | 38.2 | 175.2 | 31.1 | 0.033 |
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 108.1 | 32.9 | 110.1 | 37.3 | 106.3 | 36.0 | 103.2 | 32.3 | 0.068 |
Oxidised LDL (mg/dl) | 54.3 | 28.1 | 54.1 | 25.2 | 51.8 | 26.5 | 51.3 | 19.9 | 0.330 |