Table 2 Lipid profile distribution by socio-demography characteristics
From: Relationship between coping styles and lipid profile among public university staff
Demographic characteristics (n = 195) | Total Cholesterol | High Density Lipoprotein | Low Density Lipoprotein | Triglycerides | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Number [%] of subjects | |||||||
| Â | Normal | Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | |
Staff | Academic | 37(47.4) | 41(52.6) | 68(87.2) | 10(12.8) | 50(64.1) | 28(35.9) | 62(79.5) | 16(20.5) |
Non-academic | 55(47.0) | 62(53.0) | 110(94.0) | 7(6.0) | 73(62.4) | 44(37.6) | 98(83.8) | 19(16.2) | |
p value | 0.953 | 0.097 | 0.809 | 0.446 | |||||
Gender | Male | 27(42.2) | 37(57.8) | 51(79.7) | 13(20.3) | 34(53.1) | 30(46.9) | 41(64.1) | 23(35.9) |
Female | 65(49.6) | 66(50.4) | 127(96.9) | 4(3.1) | 89(67.9) | 42(32.1) | 119(90.8) | 12(9.2) | |
p value | 0.329 | 0.000* | 0.044* | 0.000* | |||||
Race | Non -Malay | 8(50.0) | 8(50.0) | 15(93.8) | 1(6.2) | 11(68.8) | 5(31.2) | 10(62.5) | 6(37.5) |
Malay | 84(46.9) | 95(53.1) | 163(91.1) | 16(8.9) | 112(62.6) | 67(37.4) | 150(83.8) | 29(16.2) | |
p value | 0.814 | 0.715 | 0.624 | 0.033* | |||||
Education | Secondary | 17(53.1) | 15(46.9) | 28(87.5) | 4(12.5) | 19(59.4) | 13(40.6) | 23(71.9) | 9(28.1) |
Diploma | 32(47.1) | 36(52.9) | 66(97.1) | 2(2.9) | 43(63.2) | 25(36.8) | 61(89.7) | 7(10.3) | |
Bachelor | 12(48.0) | 13(52.0) | 22(88.0) | 3(12.0) | 14(56.0) | 11(44.0) | 21(84.0) | 4(16.0) | |
Master/PhD | 31(44.3) | 39(55.7) | 62(88.6) | 8(11.4) | 47(67.1) | 23(32.9) | 55(78.6) | 15(21.4) | |
p value | 0.874 | 0.220 | 0.747 | 0.133 | |||||
Marital status | Married | 37(36.3) | 65(63.7) | 89(87.3) | 13(12.7) | 54(52.9) | 48(47.1) | 76(74.5) | 26(25.5) |
Single/divorced/widowed | 55(59.1) | 38(40.9) | 89(95.7) | 4(4.3) | 69(74.2) | 24(25.8) | 84(90.3) | 9(9.7) | |
p value | 0.001* | 0.037* | 0.002* | 0.004* | |||||