Table 2.

Comparison of proportions of abnormal levels of lipid parameters between in rural and urban populations

Lipid Parameters	Gender	Rural (n = 2797)	Urban(n = 430)	p -values
Abnormal TC (%)	Males	21.8	28.6	< 0.05
	Females	35.3	46.1	< 0.01
	Overall	28.4	37.0	< 0.001
Abnormal TG (%)	Males	46.8	34.8	< 0.001
	Females	44.6	42.7	0.62
	Overall	45.7	38.6	< 0.01
Abnormal LDL-c (%)	Males	19.9	27.2	< 0.05
	Females	34.2	40.3	0.10
	Overall	26.8	33.5	< 0.01
Abnormal HDL-c (%)	Males	67.4	41.1	< 0.001
	Females	77.6	47.6	< 0.001
	Overall	72.4	44.2	< 0.001
Dyslipidemia (%)	Males	82.8	66.1	< 0.001
	Females	89.5	79.6	< 0.001
	Overall	86.1	72.6	< 0.001
Abnormal TC/HDL-c (%)	Males	55.6	43.8	< 0.001
	Females	49.8	31.1	< 0.001
	Overall	52.8	37.7	< 0.001
Abnormal TG/HDL-c (%)	Males	40.5	23.7	< 0.001
	Females	44.1	29.1	< 0.001
	Overall	42.3	26.3	< 0.001
Abnormal LDL-c/HDL-c (%)	Males	24.5	22.3	0.54
	Females	23.9	14.6	< 0.01
	Overall	24.2	18.6	< 0.05
Abnormal non-HDL-c (%)	Males	53.3	51.3	0.63
	Females	65.3	63.6	0.68
	Overall	59.1	57.2	0.48

TC Total Cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, LDL-c Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-c High density lipoprotein cholesterol. Proportions were compared using Z-tests for proportions