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. 2010 Nov 29;10:737. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-737

Table 3.

Prevalence of dyslipidemia at baseline (BL) and follow-up (FU) by riskgroups and p-values for comparison of proportions.

T2DM (n = 1238) CHD (n = 520) 10-year CHD risk > 20% (n = 258) Difference (T2DM vs CHD) P-value Difference (T2DM vs 10-year CHD risk > 20%) P-value Difference (CHD vs 10-year CHD risk >20%) P-value
BL FU BL FU BL FU BL FU BL FU BL FU
Elevated TC 95% 67% 90% 66% 93% 69% < 0.001 0.691 0.39 0.381 0.098 0.289
Elevated LDL-C 92% 60% 92% 65% 95% 72% 0.834 0.048 0.221 < 0.0001 0.208 0.032
Elevated TGs 72% 59% 49% 39% 74% 53% < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.585 0.054 < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Low HDL-C 47% 42% 35% 27% 51% 36% < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.223 0.043 < 0.0001 0.017
Low HDL and/or elevated TG's 80% 69% 60% 50% 83% 66% < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.435 0.294 < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Elevated LDL-C and low HDL-C and/or elevated TG's 73% 41% 53% 32% 77% 48% < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.157 0.045 < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Elevated LDL-C and/or low HDL-C and/or elevated TG's 100% 88% 100% 83% 100% 90% 0.123 0.13 - 0.242 0.481 0.008

TC = total cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein, TG = triglycerides, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein.