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Table 1 The general characterisrics and serum lipid levels between Bai Ku Yao and Han Chinese

From: Polymorphism of rs1044925 in the acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase-1 gene and serum lipid levels in the Guangxi Bai Ku Yao and Han populations

Parameter

Bai Ku Yao

Han Chinese

t(χ2)

P

Number

626

624

-

-

Male/female

305/321

304/320

0.000

0.999

Age (years)

40.25 ± 14.97

40.71 ± 15.71

-0.523

0.601

Height (cm)

152.69 ± 7.46

155.41 ± 8.23

-6.102

0.000

Weight (kg)

51.84 ± 7.17

54.51 ± 9.28

-5.703

0.000

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.20 ± 2.38

22.54 ± 3.22

-2.126

0.034

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

119.30 ± 16.97

121.28 ± 16.74

-2.077

0.038

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

75.59 ± 9.53

76.21 ± 10.61

-1.087

0.277

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

43.71 ± 12.83

45.09 ± 11.65

-1.982

0.048

Cigarette smoking [n (%)]

    

   Nonsmoker

429 (68.5)

448 (71.8)

  

   < 20 cigarettes/day

90 (14.4)

70 (11.2)

  

   ≥ 20 cigarettes/day

107 (17.1)

106 (17.0)

2.913

0.233

Alcohol consumption [n (%)]

    

   Nondrinker

334 (53.4)

392 (62.8)

  

   < 25 g/day

189 (30.2)

160 (25.6)

  

   ≥ 25 g/day

103 (16.5)

72 (11.5)

12.532

0.002

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.34 ± 0.87

4.74 ± 1.02

-7.419

0.000

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.00 (0.65)

1.01 (0.69)

-0.982

0.326

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.66 ± 0.41

1.89 ± 0.50

-8.790

0.000

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.56 ± 0.72

2.63 ± 0.77

-1.539

0.124

Apolipoprotein (Apo) AI (g/L)

1.31 ± 0.32

1.42 ± 0.28

-6.478

0.000

ApoB (g/L)

0.85 ± 0.22

0.89 ± 0.22

-3.361

0.001

ApoAI/ApoB

1.66 ± 0.72

1.69 ± 0.58

-0.651

0.515

  1. HDL-C, highdensity 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.