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Table 1 Frequency of phenotypes in NIH and NHANES populations and mean lipid values for NIH population

From: A new phenotypic classification system for dyslipidemias based on the standard lipid panel

Phenotypes

NIH (N = 11,365)

NHANES (N = 13,086)

TC

TG

HDL-C

LDL-C4

NonHDL-C

ApoB

NL

1600 (14.1%)1

1004 (7.71%)1

126(112–139)2

G3

84 (57–110)

H

53 (40–65)

B

56 (49–64)

G

73 (65–81)

G

63 (55–70)

G

NM

7455 (65.6%)

8742 (66.8%)

180 (160–201)

E

91 (66–117)

G

56 (45–67)

A

106 (89–123)

E

124 (106–143)

E

94 (82–106)

E

NH

370 (3.3%)

703 (5.4%)

251 (239–262)

C

104 (80–128)

F

58 (49–68)

A

172 (165–178)

C

192 (185–199)

C

137 (129–144)

C

I

20 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

121 (113–128)

FG

577 (535–618)

B

20 (12–29)

F

−15 (−26--4)

I

100 (93–107)

F

80 (68–92)

F

IIa

166 (1.5%)

205 (1.6%)

313 (280–346)

A

108 (76–139)

F

56 (46–66)

AB

235 (206–265)

A

257 (230–283)

A

176 (158–194)

A

IIb

153 (1.3%)

274 (2.1%)

312 (279–345)

A

292 (230–354)

C

47 (38–56)

C

206 (181–231)

B

265 (236–293)

A

181 (162–200)

A

IVa

483 (4.2%)

391 (3%)

141 (123–159)

F

245 (203–286)

E

36 (27–45)

E

56 (39–72)

G

105 (91–119)

F

80 (68–92)

F

IVb

940 (8.3%)

1642 (12.5%)

206 (187–225)

D

260 (208–312)

D

39 (32–46)

D

115 (97–132)

D

167 (150–183)

D

120 (107–133)

D

V

144 (1.3%)

123 (0.9%)

261 (209–314)

B

686 (580–792)

A

32 (24–40)

EF

92 (43–142)

F

229 (182–277)

B

144 (114–173)

B

VI

34 (0.3%)

2 (0%)

50 (43–58)

H

16 (13–19)

I

28 (24–32)

EF

19 (15–23)

H

22 (18–25)

H

29 (25–34)

H

  1. Footnotes 1Numbers in parenthesis indicate % total population
  2. 2Numbers in parenthesis indicate inter-quartile range
  3. 3Capital letters indicate differences in group means as determined by ANOVA
  4. 4LDL-C was calculated by Friedewald equations, which can lead to erroneously negative values for high TG samples