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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2006 Dec 8;194(2):e131–e140. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.11.025

Table 2.

Race-stratified mean total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, and TG concentrations according to LIPC, CETP, and LPL polymorphisms in White and African American men and women from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study 1

Hepatic Lipase C/T
White Participants (N = 8,897)
African American Participants (N = 2,909)
Genotype Frequency 2 CC 0.625 CT 0.326 TT 0.049 P 5 CC 0.219 CT 0.505 TT 0.276 P 5


Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 212.9 ± 0.5 213.9 ± 0.7 215.5 ± 1.9 0.28 211.9 ± 1.8 213.3 ± 1.2 214.7 ± 1.6 0.50
LDL-C (mg/dL) 136.6 ± 0.5 135.5 ± 0.7 133.8 ± 1.8 0.18 136.4 ± 1.7 136.5 ± 1.1 135.6 ± 1.5 0.89
HDL-C (mg/dL) 51.1 ± 0.22 53.3 ± 0.31 54.9 ± 0.81 <0.001 54.7 ± 0.72 56.3 ± 0.47 58.7 ± 0.63 <0.001
TG (mg/dL) 112.0 (110.5, 113.4) 112.8 (110.8, 114.8) 117.3 (112.0, 122.8) 0.16 92.5 (89.2, 95.9) 93.2 (91.0, 95.4) 94.6 (91.7, 97.7) 0.61

Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein G/A
White Participants (N = 8,764)
African American Participants (N = 2,795)
Genotype Frequency 3 GG 0.326 AG 0.478 AA 0.196 P 5 GG 0.534 AG 0.398 AA 0.068 P 5
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 211.8 ± 0.7 213.8 ± 0.6 213.9 ± 1.0 0.069 213.8 ± 1.2 212.5 ± 1.4 215.4 ± 3.3 0.62
LDL-C (mg/dL) 136.6 ± 0.7 136.5 ± 0.6 134.1 ± 0.9 0.063 138.7 ± 1.1 134.0 ± 1.3 130.2 ± 3.2 0.003
HDL-C (mg/dL) 49.7 ± 0.3 52.0 ± 0.3 55.5 ± 0.4 <0.001 54.4 ± 0.5 58.2 ± 0.5 64.2 ± 1.3 <0.001
TG (mg/dL) 113.6 (111.5, 115.6) 112.9 (111.3, 114.6) 109.5 (107.0, 112.1) 0.041 93.2 (91.1, 95.4) 93.6 (91.1, 96.2) 91.8 (86.0, 98.0) 0.86

Lipoprotein Lipase C/G
White Participants (N = 8,968)
African American Participants (N = 2,677)
Genotype Frequency 4 CC 0.806 CG 0.185 GG 0.010 P 5 CC 0.873 CG 0.122 GG 0.005 P 5


Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 213.3 ± 0.5 212.7 ± 1.0 213.8 ± 4.3 0.81 213.1 ± 0.9 214.6 ± 2.5 223.0 ± 12.3 0.63
LDL-C (mg/dL) 136.2 ± 0.4 135.3 ± 0.9 136.8 ± 4.0 0.65 136.1 ± 0.9 136.8 ± 2.4 137.9 ± 11.9 0.96
HDL-C (mg/dL) 51.4 ± 0.2 54.2 ± 0.4 55.4 ± 1.8 <0.001 56.1 ± 0.4 59.2 ± 1.0 68.7 ± 4.9 <0.001
TG (mg/dL) 114.7 (113.4, 116.0) 104.2 (101.8, 106.7) 97.9 (88.4, 108.5) <0.001 94.6 (92.8, 96.3) 85.5 (81.4, 89.9) 78.0 (61.0, 99.7) <0.001
1

Unadjusted values presented as mean ± SEM, with the exception of TG values which were log-transformed and back-transformed to the geometric mean (95% confidence interval).

2

T allele frequency = 0.212 and 0.529 in Whites and African Americans, respectively;

3

A allele frequency = 0.435 and 0.267 in Whites and African Americans, respectively;

4

G allele frequency = 0.102 and 0.066 in Whites and African Americans, respectively;

5

P for comparison among genotypes within each race group separately based on analysis of variance. P values for trend across genotype with genotype category treated as a continuous variable were nearly identical.