Table 1.

Phenotypic characteristics of the low-HDL and FCHL study samples

	Trait	Males	Females	Total
Low-HDL	N	327	338	665
	Agea (years)	45.30 ± 22.08	45.61 ± 20.5	45.47 ± 21.2
	BMI (kg/m2)	25.47 ± 4.25	24.76 ± 4.66	25.09 ± 4.5
	TC (mmol/l)	5,40 ± 1.16	5,47 ± 1.07	5,44 ± 1.11
	HDL (mmol/l)	1.02 ± 0.3	1.35 ± 0.38	1.20 ± 0.38
	TG (mmol/l)	1.59 ± 0.8	1.45 ± 0.79	1.51 ± 0.8
FCHL	N	687	632	1,319
	Age (years)	37.60 ± 20.44	37.91 ± 20.35	37.7 ± 20.4
	BMI (kg/m2)	25.56 ± 4.46	24.90 ± 5.29	25.22 ± 5.02
	TC (mmol/l)	5.84 ± 1.43	5.85 ± 1.32	5.84 ± 1.37
	HDL (mmol/l)	1.15 ± 0.36	1.39 ± 0.41	1.27 ± 0.41
	TG (mmol/l)	2.11 ± 1.88	1.59 ± 1.27	1.85 ± 1.6

The data represent mean ± SD

BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides

^aSubjects under the age of 20 years were excluded