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Table 2 Comparison of lipid profiles between the visceral obesity group and the normal group among gastrointestinal cancer patients

From: The associations between lipid profiles and visceral obesity among gastrointestinal cancer patients: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall

N = 399

Normal

N = 215

Visceral obesity

N = 184

P

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.02 ± 0.61

0.87 ± 0.57

1.20 ± 0.60

0.000***

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.48 ± 0.83

3.40 ± 0.82

3.57 ± 0.84

0.044*

HDL-C (mmol/L)

0.95 ± 0.26

1.00 ± 0.26

0.88 ± 0.24

0.000***

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.00 ± 0.66

1.94 ± 0.66

2.08 ± 0.66

0.047*

  1. Abbreviations: HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  2. *indicates statistically significant with P < 0.05; ** indicates P value < 0.01; ***indicates P value < 0.001
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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