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Table 2 Gender-specific prevalence of dyslipidemia in 26,378 individuals from rural Hua County, China, 2012–2016

From: Gender heterogeneity in dyslipidemia prevalence, trends with age and associated factors in middle age rural Chinese

Indicator

Classification

Total n(%)

(N = 26,378)

Male n(%)

(N = 12,925)

Female n(%)

(N = 13,453)

P value a

TC

Ideal

17,930 (67.97)

9374 (72.53)

8556 (63.60)

< 0.001

Borderline high

6470 (24.53)

2799 (21.66)

3671 (27.29)

 

High

1978 (7.50)

752 (5.82)

1226 (9.11)

 

TG

Ideal

18,353 (69.58)

9165 (70.91)

9188 (68.30)

0.004

Borderline high

4192 (15.89)

1837 (14.21)

2355 (17.51)

 

High

3833 (14.53)

1923 (14.88)

1910 (14.20)

 

LDL-C

Ideal

23,854 (90.43)

11,864 (91.79)

11,990 (89.13)

< 0.001

Borderline high

2059 (7.81)

863 (6.68)

1196 (8.89)

 

High

465 (1.76)

198 (1.53)

267 (1.98)

 

HDL-C

Normal

23,955 (90.81)

11,521 (89.14)

12,434 (92.43)

< 0.001

Low

2423 (9.19)

1404 (10.86)

1019 (7.57)

 

BHA dyslipidemia b

Normal

13,538 (51.32)

7146 (55.29)

6392 (47.51)

< 0.001

Abnormal

12,840 (48.68)

5779 (44.71)

7061 (52.49)

 

High dyslipidemia c

Normal

21,129 (80.10)

10,494 (81.19)

10,635 (79.05)

< 0.001

Abnormal

5249 (19.90)

2431 (18.81)

2818 (20.95)

 
  1. aP values were derived from the Chi-square test or Ridit test
  2. b BHA (borderline high and above) dyslipidemia was defined as presence of borderline high or high level in any one of the factors TC, TG or LDL-C
  3. c High dyslipidemia was defined as presence of high level of any one of TC, TG or LDL-C