TABLE 1.

Lipid and Lipoprotein Levels of Study Subjects

	Men				Women
	All (n=173)	African Americans (n=45)	Whites (n=66)	Hispanics (n=62)	All (n=253)	African Americans (n=90)	Whites (n=79)	Hispanics (n=84)
Chol, mg/dL	193±37	183±36	197±34	194±39	215±39*	218±37*	215±38†	212±42‡
Triglycerides, mg/dL	136±62	126±53	134±57	147±72	141±64	125±56	143±56	155±74
LDL Chol, mg/dL	123±34	112±33	125±32	127±35	134±36†	135±35*	134±36	131±37
Corr LDL Chol, mg/dL	110±33	97±32	115±31	115±34	121±35†	117±32†	127±36‡	119±37
HDL Chol, mg/dL	43±12	46±12	45±12	38±11	53±16*	58±19*	52±12*	50±15*
ApoB, mg/dL	112±29	104±26	112±27	118±32	117±30	117±31‡	116±28	117±31
Corr apoB, mg/dL	106±29	95±25	106±27	113±32	109±30	106±30§	111±29	110±30
ApoA-I, mg/dL	136±23	142±22	140±25	128±19	156±28*	163±31*	150±25‡	153±27*

Chol indicates cholesterol; Corr, corrected. Values are mean±SD. For LDL Chol and Corr LDL Chol, there were 252 women (89 African Americans), and for apoA-I, apoB, and Corr apoB, there were 148 men (36 African Americans, 61 whites, and 51 Hispanics) and 229 women (81 African Americans, 75 whites, and 73 Hispanics).

^*P<0.001,

^†P<0.01, and

^‡P<0.05 for men vs women of the same ethnic group;

^§P=0.058 for men vs women of the same ethnic group.