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Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to dyslipidemia

From: Gender-specific relationship between frequency of food-away-from-home with serum lipid levels and dyslipidemia in chinese rural adults

Characteristics

Total (n = 29,479)

Men (n = 12,002)

Women (n = 17,477)

Dyslipidemia

No − dyslipidemia

P

Dyslipidemia

No − dyslipidemia

P

Dyslipidemia

No − dyslipidemia

P

Age, n(%)

56.4 ± 11.5

54.8 ± 12.8

< 0.001

54.8 ± 12.4

57.6 ± 12.3

< 0.001

57.5 ± 10.7

53.0 ± 12.9

< 0.001

Marital status, n(%)

  

0.381

  

< 0.001

  

0.002

 Married/cohabitation

10,216 (90.3)

16,350 (90.0)

 

4420 (91.9)

6404 (89.1)

 

5796 (89.2)

9946 (90.6)

 

 Unmarried/divorced/widowed

1096 (9.7)

1817 (10.0)

 

392 (8.1)

786 (10.9)

 

704 (10.8)

1031 (9.4)

 

Education level, n(%)

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Elementary school or below

9472 (83.8)

15,051 (82.8)

 

3650 (75.9)

5780 (80. 3)

 

5822 (89.5)

9271 (84.4)

 

 Junior high school

1521 (13.4)

2429 (13.4)

 

939 (19.5)

1183 (16.5)

 

582 (9.0)

1246 (11.4)

 

 High school or above

319 (2.8)

687 (3.8)

 

223 (4.6)

227 (3.2)

 

96 (1.5)

460 (4.2)

 

Averaged monthly income, n(%)

  

0.191

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 < 500RMB

4087 (36.1)

6546 (36.0)

 

1616 (33.6)

2777 (38.6)

 

2471 (38.1)

3769 (34.3)

 

 500–999 RMB

3622 (32.0)

5668 (31.2)

 

1500 (31.2)

2170 (30.2)

 

2122 (32.6)

3498 (31.9)

 

 ≥ 1000RMB

3603 (31.9)

5953 (32.8)

 

1696 (35.2)

2243 (31.2)

 

1907 (29.3)

3710 (33.8)

 

Smoking, n(%)

  

< 0.001

  

0.176

  

0.118

 Never

7956 (70.3)

13,274 (73.0)

 

1489 (30.9)

2332 (32.4)

 

6467 (99.4)

10,942 (99.7)

 

 Ever

957 (8.5)

1357 (7.5)

 

947 (19.7)

1349 (18.8)

 

10 (0.2)

8 (0.1)

 

 Current

2399 (21.2)

3536 (19.5)

 

2376 (49.4)

3509 (48.8)

 

23 (0.4)

27 (0.2)

 

Drinking, n(%)

  

< 0.001

  

0.014

  

0.150

 Never

8629 (76.3)

14,276 (78.6)

 

2252 (46.8)

3554 (49.5)

 

6377 (98.1)

10,722 (97.7)

 

 Ever

608 (5.4)

841 (4.6)

 

594 (12.3)

816 (11.3)

 

14 (0.2)

25 (0.2)

 

 Current

2075 (18.3)

3050 (16.8)

 

1966 (40.9)

2820 (39.2)

 

109 (1.7)

230 (2.1)

 

Physical activity, n(%)

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Low

4043 (35.8)

5328 (29.3)

 

1917 (39.8)

2224 (30.9)

 

2126 (32.7)

10,722 (97.7)

 

 Moderate

4144 (36.6)

6700 (36.9)

 

1384 (28.8)

1994 (27.7)

 

2760 (42.5)

25 (0.2)

 

 High

3125 (27.6)

6139 (33.8)

 

1511 (31.4)

2972 (41.4)

 

1614 (24.8)

230 (2.1)

 

Vegetable and fruit intake, n(%)

  

0.070

  

0.006

  

0.937

 < 500 g/d

5976 (52.8)

9401 (51.7)

 

2579 (53.6)

3671 (51.1)

 

3397 (52.3)

5730 (52.2)

 

 ≥ 500 g/d

5335 (47.2)

8766 (48.3)

 

2232 (46.4)

3519 (48.9)

 

3103 (47.7)

5247 (47.8)

 

High fat diet, n(%)

2017 (17.8)

3330 (18.3)

0.279

1205 (25.0)

1634 (22.7)

0.003

812 (12.5)

1696 (15.5)

< 0.001

Family history of dyslipidemia, n(%)

473 (4.2)

603 (3.3)

< 0.001

173 (3.5)

182 (2.5)

0.005

309 (4.8)

421 (3.8)

0.003

BMI (mean ± SD)

25.9 ± 3.4

24.0 ± 3.5

< 0.001

25.9 ± 3.2

25.9 ± 3.2

< 0.001

25.9 ± 3.5

24.3 ± 3.6

< 0.001

WC (mean ± SD)

87.6 ± 9.8

81.2 ± 10.1

< 0.001

89.8 ± 9.7

82.3 ± 10.0

< 0.001

85.9 ± 9.6

80.5 ± 10.1

< 0.001

Frequency of FAFH (times/week)

1.0 ± 3.3

0.9 ± 3.2

0.012

1.8 ± 4.3

1.8 ± 3.8

< 0.001

0.4 ± 2.1

0.6 ± 2.6

< 0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.1 (4.3, 6.1)

4.6 (4.1, 5.2)

< 0.001

4.9 (4.1, 5.7)

4.5 (4.0, 5.1)

< 0.001

5.4 (4.5, 6.3)

4.7 (4.2, 5.2)

< 0.001

TG (mmol/L)

2.3 (1.5, 3.0)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

< 0.001

2.1 (1.4 2.9)

1.1 (0.9, 1.5)

< 0.001

2.3 (1.6, 3.0)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

< 0.001

HDL − C (mmol/L)

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

1.4 (1.2, 1.6)

< 0.001

1.0 (0.9, 1.2)

1.4 (1.2, 1.6)

< 0.001

1.2 (1.0, 1.4)

1.4 (1.3, 1.7)

< 0.001

LDL − C (mmol/L)

3.0 (2.4, 3.9)

2.8 (2.3, 3.2)

< 0.001

2.9 (2.3, 3.7)

2.7 (2.3, 3.2)

< 0.001

3.1 (2.4, 4.0)

2.8 (2.3, 3.2)

< 0.001

  1. Continuous variables with normal distribution are presented as mean ± SD and analyzed with t-test, non-normal distributed continuous variables are presented as median (IQR) and analyzed with Mann-Whitney U test; categorical variables are shown as numbers (%) and analyzed with chi-square test
  2. BMI body mass index; WC waist circumference; RMB renminbi; FAFH food-away-from-home; TC total cholesterol; TG triglycerides; HDL − C high − density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL − C low − density lipoprotein cholesterol; SD standard deviation; IQR interquartile range