Table 2.
Lipid Levels in Patients Divided According to BMI Classes
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Men (n = 488) |
Women (n = 524) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal weight (n = 180) | Overweight (n = 208) | Obese (n = 100) | p | Normal weight (n = 156) | Overweight (n = 191) | Obese (n = 177) | p | |
| TC | 152.1 ± 42.4 | 159.1 ± 44.5 | 165.9 ± 44.3 | 0.038 a | 164.3 ± 43.8 | 179.9 ± 46.0 | 174.3 ± 47.3 | 0.007 a |
| TG | 101.2 ± 47.7 | 122.3 ± 66.0 | 123.1 ± 70.1 | 0.001b | 115.7 ± 73.4 | 117.6 ± 60.1 | 131.8 ± 69.1 | 0.054b |
| HDL-C | 38.2 ± 14.7 | 36.3 ± 13.7 | 36.9 ± 10.5 | 0.392 | 43.2 ± 17.4 | 41.1 ± 13.5 | 41.6 ± 16.9 | 0.462 |
| LDL-C | 91.1 ± 35.9 | 96.3 ± 38.5 | 103.1 ± 36.7 | 0.033c | 96.8 ± 35.8 | 111.2 ± 35.6 | 107.6 ± 34.8 | 0.001c |
Data are mean ± standard deviation (SD), mg/dL.
a
Men: normal weight vs, obese, p = 0.036; women: normal weight vs. overweight, p = 0.005.
b
Men: normal weight vs. overweight, p = 0.002; normal weight vs, obese, p = 0.013.
c
Men: normal weight vs. obese, p = 0.028; women: normal weight vs. overweight, p = 0.001; normal weight vs. obese, p = 0.020.
BMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.