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Table 2 The concentrations of serum lipids in two groups (mmol/L)

From: Serum lipid levels are positively correlated with lumbar disc herniation—a retrospective study of 790 Chinese patients

Serum lipids

Disc herniation

Control group

t value

P value

(n = 396)

(n = 394)

TC

4.75 ± 1.02

4.41 ± 0.90

4.984

<0.001

TG

1.46 ± 0.89

1.35 ± 0.94

1.669

0.096

LDL-C

2.92 ± 0.86

2.62 ± 0.73

5.129

<0.001

HDL-C

1.32 ± 0.30

1.34 ± 0.47

0.641

0.521

  1. Data are given as the means ± SD, and analysed with independent-sample t-tests
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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