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Table 1 Concentrations of plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and contents of HDL subclasses according to category of LDL-C/HDL-C ratio

From: Association of the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and concentrations of plasma lipids with high-density lipoprotein subclass distribution in the Chinese population

 

LDL-C/HDL-C≤2.3

2.3<LDL-C/HDL-C≤3.9

3.9<LDL-C/HDL-C≤4.6

LDL-C/HDL-C>4.6

N

166

261

48

35

Age(y)

56.0 ± 9.4

56.6 ± 9.6

57.4 ± 9.1

58.1 ± 8.6

BMI(kg/m 2 )

22.6 ± 2.8

23.9 ± 3.0

24.6 ± 2.9a*

25.0 ± 3.6a*

TG(mmol/L)

1.7 ± 0.2

2.1 ± 0.3a†

2.4 ± 0.5a§b†

2.8 ± 0.4a§b§c†

TC(mmol/L)

5.0 ± 0.3

5.6 ± 0.5a†

6.4 ± 0.8a§b†

6.9 ± 0.7a§b§c†

LDL-C(mmol/L)

2.5 ± 0.4

3.5 ± 0.5a†

4.3 ± 0.5a§b†

4.7 ± 0.7a§b§c*

HDL-C(mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.3a§

0.9 ± 0.2a§b§

0.7 ± 0.2a§b§c†

TG/HDL-C

1.6 ± 0.3

2.2 ± 0.4a†

2.8 ± 0.4a§b†

3.6 ± 0.5a§b§c†

TC/HDL-C

3.5 ± 0.7

5.0 ± 1.0a§

6.7 ± 0.8a§b§

8.2 ± 1.2a§b§c§

LDL-C/HDL-C

1.7 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 0.4a§

4.4 ± 0.4a§b§

5.6 ± 1.0a§bc§§

ApoA-I (mg/L)

1364.1 ± 114.2

1244.7 ± 109.2a†

1221.9 ± 105.8a†

1120.2 ± 116.9a§b†c†

ApoB100(mg/L)

803.6 ± 82.7

921.2 ± 89.0a†

1087.9 ± 90.3a§b†

1198.4 ± 93.2a§b§c†

Pre β1 -HDL(mg/L)

81.2 ± 20.2

103.1 ± 25.7a*

121.9 ± 27.3a†b*

144.0 ± 35.9a§b†c*

Pre β2 -HDL(mg/L)

59.6 ± 15.3

62.2 ± 19.3

67.1 ± 17.5

68.8 ± 22.0

HDL 3c (mg/L)

72.2 ± 21.6

74.9 ± 25.1

78.9 ± 21.6

83.9 ± 20.1

HDL 3b (mg/L)

140.8 ± 34.5

149.8 ± 37.8

173.4 ± 35.3a†b*

217.2 ± 33.1a†b§c†

HDL 3a (mg/L)

274.9 ± 47.5

298.3 ± 58.3a*

314.7 ± 90.7a†b*

368.0 ± 92.1a§b§c†

HDL 2a (mg/L)

314.3 ± 81.7

291.0 ± 50.6a*

250.8 ± 35.1a§b†

213.2 ± 24.8a§b§c†

HDL 2b (mg/L)

387.3 ± 95.7

313.4 ± 79.7a§

261.7 ± 39.8a§b§

205.8 ± 29.2a§b§c§

  1. Values are expressed as Mean ± S.D
  2. *P < 0.05, †P < 0.01, §P < 0.001
  3. aSignificantly different from LDL-C/HDL-C≤2.3 group
  4. bSignificantly different from 2.3<LDL-C/HDL-C≤3.9 group
  5. cSignificantly different from 3.9<LDL-C/HDL-C≤4.6 group
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