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Table 1 General characteristics of study participants for six measurement periods

From: The 23-year tracking of blood lipids from adolescence to adulthood in Korea: the Kangwha study

Characteristics

Adolescence 1

Adolescence 2

Adolescence 3

Adult wave 2

Adult wave 3

Adult wave 4

n

342

346

402

275

262

247

Age, years

12.96 ± 0.29

14.97 ± 0.29

16.96 ± 0.30

25.75 ± 0.32

30.73 ± 0.57

35.91 ± 0.66

Sex (% men)

163 (47.7)

168 (48.6)

188 (46.8)

126 (45.8)

123 (47.0)

136 (55.1)

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.19 ± 0.66

4.10 ± 0.70

3.93 ± 0.69

4.24 ± 0.72

4.76 ± 0.87

4.97 ± 0.85

Triglyceride, mmol/L

1.18 ± 0.47

1.21 ± 0.51

1.24 ± 0.68

1.02 ± 0.64

1.17 ± 0.88

1.48 ± 0.99

HDL cholesterol, mmol/L

1.23 ± 0.22

1.15 ± 0.22

1.16 ± 0.25

1.49 ± 0.31

1.30 ± 0.32

1.45 ± 0.36

Non-HDL cholesterol, mmol/L

2.96 ± 0.61

2.95 ± 0.64

2.78 ± 0.65

2.75 ± 0.69

3.46 ± 0.83

3.52 ± 0.89

LDL cholesterol, mmol/La

2.42 ± 0.57

2.39 ± 0.59

2.21 ± 0.62

2.28 ± 0.61

2.93 ± 0.66

2.85 ± 0.77

Body mass index, kg/m2b

18.90 ± 3.08

20.18 ± 2.98

21.03 ± 2.67

21.82 ± 3.01

23.09 ± 3.54

23.65 ± 3.44

Systolic blood pressure, mmHgb

111.57 ± 10.56

116.62 ± 11.53

116.08 ± 11.68

118.60 ± 14.35

116.13 ± 14.22

116.99 ± 13.83

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHgb

65.42 ± 9.39

67.62 ± 9.49

66.56 ± 8.53

69.90 ± 8.43

70.06 ± 9.17

75.70 ± 10.22

  1. Abbreviations: HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein
  2. Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations or numbers (%). aThe number of participants was somewhat different due to missing values (400 at adolescence 3, 258 at adult wave 3, and 244 at adult wave 4). bThe number of participants was somewhat different due to missing values (340 at adolescence 1, 345 at adolescence 2, and 400 at adolescence 3)