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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Effects of APOE gene ε4 allele on serum lipid profiles and risk of cardiovascular disease and tumorigenesis in southern Chinese population

 

Control (N = 322)

Tumor (N = 409)

CVD (N = 369 )

CVD + tumor (N =338)

Age (years)

61.53 ± 12.67

63.33 ± 12.16

64.96 ± 11.29**

69.89 ± 10***

SBP (mmHg)

124 (16.3)

133 (27)***

135 (16)***

139.5 (30)***

DBP (mmHg)

76 (11)

80 (14)***

83 (10)***

80.5 (18)***

Male/female (%)

179/143 (55.6%/44.4%)

260/149 (63.6%/36.4%)*

236/133 (64%/36%)*

243/95 (71.9%/28.1%)***

Smoking (%)

68 (21.1%)

87 (21.3%)

115 (31.2%)**

96 (28.4%)*

Drinking (%)

23 (7.1%)

45 (11%)

23 (6.2%)

28 (8.3%)

Hypertension (%)

/

116 (28.4%)

196 (53.1%)

192 (56.8%)

Diabetes (%)

/

96 (23.5%)

72 (19.5%)

116 (34.3%)

Dyslipidemia (%)

/

49 (12%)

20 (5.4%)

88 (26%)

Fatty liver (%)

/

29 (7.1%)

36 (9.8%)

41 (12.1%)

TC (mmol/L)

4.53 (0.56)

4.65 (1.64)**

4.94 (0.59)***

4.69 (1.72)**

TG (mmol/L)

0.93 (0.5)

1.24 (0.77)***

1.14 (0.51)***

1.27 (1.04)***

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.5 (0.42)

2.62 (1.13)***

2.81 (0.49)***

2.68 (1.21)***

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.38 (0.34)

1.19 (0.47)***

1.38 (0.27)

1.18 (0.48)***

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or mean ± standard deviation, numbers (percentage). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001: comparison with control. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, CVD Cardiovascular disease