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Table 2 Prevalence of dyslipidemia and its parameters by age and education level (n = 2049)

From: Associations between age and dyslipidemia are differed by education level: The Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Etiology Research Center (CMERC) cohort

 

Age, year

☨p-value

30–39

40–49

50–59

60–64

Low education level

 Dyslipidemia

18

(22.5)

50

(27.2)

338

(48.2)

172

(61.4)

< 0.0001

  Hypercholesterolemia

3

(3.8)

15

(8.2)

111

(15.8)

33

(11.8)

0.001

  Hypertriglyceridemia

11

(13.8)

20

(10.9)

150

(21.4)

75

(26.8)

0.0004

  Hypoalphalipoproteinemia

4

(5.0)

5

(2.7)

34

(4.9)

16

(5.7)

0.4512

  Hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia

2

(2.5)

10

(5.4)

73

(10.4)

16

(5.7)

0.007

High education level

 Dyslipidemia

21

(9.0)

35

(19.2)

131

(44.4)

57

(60.6)

< 0.0001

  Hypercholesterolemia

4

(1.7)

11

(6.0)

55

(18.6)

14

(14.9)

< 0.0001

  Hypertriglyceridemia

11

(4.7)

19

(10.4)

60

(20.3)

20

(21.3)

< 0.0001

  Hypoalphalipoproteinemia

5

(2.2)

3

(1.7)

12

(4.1)

5

(5.3)

0.2204

  Hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia

5

(2.2)

8

(4.4)

34

(11.5)

12

(12.8)

< 0.0001

  1. Values are presented as number (%)
  2. ☨P-value was derived from the analysis of variance test for multiple comparisons
  3. Low education level refers to completion of high school or below; high education level refers to completion of
  4. college or above
  5. Abbreviation: LDL Low-density lipoprotein
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