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Table 1 Subject characteristics

From: Correlation between small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and carotid artery intima-media thickness in a healthy Chinese population

Variable

Male

Female

P

n

95

88

–

Age (year)

47.31 ± 14.58

44.20 ± 14.62

0.153

BMI (kg/m2)

23.65 ± 3.61

22.64 ± 3.32

0.042

Systolic BP (mm Hg)

117.37 ± 12.23

113.15 ± 10.80

0.015

Diastolic BP (mm Hg)

83.23 ± 6.34

81.81 ± 5.26

0.088

Family CVD events

43/95

39/88

0.898

FBG (mg/dl)

88.41 ± 7.89

88.87 ± 8.12

0.701

HbA1c (%)

5.34 ± 0.93

5.18 ± 0.87

0.232

TG (mg/dl)

88.83 ± 28.91

82.86 ± 27.89

0.157

TC (mg/dl)

167.94 ± 18.66

161.38 ± 18.55

0.018

HDL-C (mg/dl)

48.43 ± 9.61

54.81 ± 9.64

<0.001

Non- HDL-C (mg/dl)

112.96 ± 15.16

113.13 ± 15.12

0.939

LDL-C (mg/dl)

96.71 ± 12.14

96.72 ± 12.25

0.994

LbLDL-C (mg/dl)

83.23 ± 11.93

82.92 ± 11.69

0.858

SdLDL-C (mg/dl)

14.1 ± 3.9

13.2 ± 3.1

0.041

CA-IMT (mm)

0.54 ± 0.13

0.52 ± 0.14

0.154

  1. Continuous and categorical variables data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviations and real number of subjects, respectively. Means were compared between male and female groups by Student’s t-test. The χ-square test was employed to compare Family CVD events distribution
  2. Abbreviation: BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, FBG fasting blood glucose, HbAlc hemoglobin A1c, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lbLDL-C large buoyant LDL-C, SdLDL-C small dense LDL-C, CA-IMT carotid artery intima-media thickness LbLDL-C (mg/dl) = LDL-C (mg/dl) − SdLDL-C (mg/dl)