Table II.
Serum Tg quartile designation among the subcohort of the Linxian General Population Nutrition Intervention Trial cohort1
| Serum Tg quartile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, assay | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
| Female, IMA, n | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 |
| serum Tg (ng/ml) | < 10.7 | 10.7 to < 15.7 | 15.7 to < 29.7 | ≥ 29.7 |
| Female, RIA, n | 16 | 16 | 24 | 19 |
| serum Tg (ng/ml) | < 8.0 | 8.0 to < 14.0 | 14.0 to < 20.0 | ≥ 20.0 |
| Male, IMA, n | 48 | 51 | 50 | 51 |
| serum Tg (ng/ml) | < 8.3 | 8.3 to < 13.2 | 13.2 to < 20.7 | ≥ 20.7 |
| Male, RIA, n | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| serum Tg (ng/ml) | < 6.0 | 6.0 to < 9.0 | 9.0 to < 17.0 | ≥ 17.0 |
| Total, n (%) | 102 (23.4) | 108 (24.8) | 114 (26.1) | 112 (25.7) |
1
Due to identical Tg measurement results, the quartiles among the four groups were uneven