Supplemental Table 2. The relationship between frequency of having breakfast and median serum concentrations of sdLDL-C in female subjects.
Female Subjects | Frequency of having breakfast | P Value† | |||||||||
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BE n=8,550 |
3-5/week n=797 |
1-2/week n=341 |
Rarely n=604 |
ANOVA P value§ |
BE vs 3-5/ week | BE vs 1-2/ week | BE vs Rarely | 3-5/week vs 1-2/ week | 3-5/week vs rarely | 1-2/week vs rarely | |
sdLDL-C, mg/dL‡ |
24.9 (12.8) |
24.9 (14.2) |
26.8 (14.2) |
25.4 (13.7) |
0.010 | 0.097 | 0.056 | 0.816 | 0.361 | 0.652 | 0915 |
sdLDL-C/LDL-C ratio‡ |
0.209 (0.065) |
0.215 (0.080) |
0.219 (0.083) |
0.220 (0.086) |
<0.001 | <0.001 | 0.034 | 0.001 | 0.996 | 0.732 | 0.932 |
Data are expressed as median (interquartile range).
§P value for comparison across the groups was determined by one-way analysis of variance. P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
†P value for comparison between individual groups, using Tukey post-hoc analysis for equally distributed variables and Games-Howell post-hoc analysis for non-equally distributed variables. P value <0.01 was considered statistically significant.
‡Variable was log-transformed prior to formal statistical analysis.
BE, breakfast eaters who consumed (had) breakfast almost every day; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Rarely, breakfast skippers who rarely consumed (had) breakfast; sdLDL-C, small dense low-density; lipoprotein cholesterol; 1-2/week, breakfast skippers who consumed (had) breakfast once or twice a week; 3-5/w, breakfast skippers who consumed (had) breakfast 3-5 times a week