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Table 2 Comparison of demographic, lifestyle characteristics and serum lipid levels between the Han and Maonan populations

From: LIPG SNPs, their haplotypes and gene-environment interactions on serum lipid levels

Parameter

Han

Maonan

t (x2)

P

Number

1218

1280

  

Male/female

571/647

581/699

0.545

0.486

Age (years)

56.0 ± 11.6

57.1 ± 14.0

1.381

0.164

Height (cm)

Weight (kg)

153.79 ± 7.84

53.53 ± 9.03

152.99 ± 7.99

52.66 ± 10.52

2.461

2.149

0.014

0.032

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.60 ± 3.34

22.43 ± 3.94

1.168

0.243

Waist circumference (cm)

75.39 ± 7.86

75.67 ± 9.25

−0.793

0.428

Smoking status [n (%)]

 Non-smoker

975(80.05)

1002(78.27)

  

 ≤ 20 cigarettes/day

203(16.67)

248(19.40)

  

 >  20 cigarettes/day

40(3.28)

30(2.33)

4.751

0.096

Alcohol consumption [n (%)]

 Non-drinker

1026(84.20)

1014(79.27)

  

 ≤ 25 g/day

103(8.48)

156(12.19)

  

 >  25 g/day

89(7.32)

110(8.59)

11.601

0.003

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

129.33 ± 19.69

135.66 ± 25.48

−6.678

1.64E-11

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

81.36 ± 11.28

84.68 ± 13.01

−6.633

4.05E-11

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

47.97 ± 15.25

50.98 ± 18.98

−4.264

0.001

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.89 ± 1.49

5.93 ± 1.29

−0.651

0.515

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.97 ± 1.07

5.04 ± 1.14

−0.800

0.424

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.25(0.53)

1.30(0.41)

−2.177

0.030

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.68 ± 0.51

1.63 ± 0.39

1.279

0.201

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.88 ± 0.89

2.90 ± 0.81

−0.120

0.905

ApoA1 (g/L)

1.37 ± 0.40

1.33 ± 0.26

−3.127

0.002

ApoB (g/L)

0.84 ± 0.17

0.87 ± 0.20

−2.878

0.091

ApoA1/ApoB

1.67 ± 0.51

1.66 ± 0.50

0.310

0.756

  1. HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apo apolipoprotein. The value of triglyceride was presented as median (interquartile range), the difference between the two ethnic groups was determined by the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test