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. 2011 Apr;12(1):57–63. doi: 10.1089/ham.2010.1050

Table 2.

Crude Mean Values of Triglycerides (TG), Total Cholesterol (TC), Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C), and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) in 30- to 70-Year-Old Tibetans by Selected Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors

 
  
 TG
 TC
 LDL-C
 HDL-C
 
 n = 371
 Means (SD)
 p value
 Means (SD)
 p value
 Means (SD)
 p value
 Means (SD)
 p value
Variable:   1.1 (0.6)   4.7 (1)   2.8 (0.7)   1.5 (0.4)  
Age (yr)     0.08   0.001   0.04   0.55
 30–39 99 1.5 (0.5)   4.39 (0.9)   2.64 (0.7)   1.44 (0.5)  
 40–50 125 1.20 (0.6)   4.75 (1)   2.84 (0.7)   1.46 (0.4)  
 51–60 81 1.6 (0.4)   4.86 (0.8)   2.91 (0.6)   1.51 (0.5)  
 61–70 66 1.24 (0.8)   5.10 (1.3)   3.6 (0.9)   1.52 (0.5)  
Gender     0.001g   0.69   0.275   0.108
 Male 139 1.27 (0.6)   4.71 (1.1)   2.9 (0.8)   1.43 (0.5)  
 Female 232 1.06 (0.5)   4.75 (1)   2.81 (0.7)   1.50 (0.4)  
Smoking     0.33   0.459   0.626   0.696
 Yes 90 1.19 (0.5)   4.67 (1.1)   2.81 (0.9)   1.49 (0.5)  
 No 281 1.12 (0.6)   4.76 (1)   2.85 (0.7)   1.47 (0.4)  
Alcohol     0.773   0.28   0.213   0.105
 Yes 164 1.14 (0.5)   4.67 (1)   2.78 (0.7)   1.52 (0.5)  
 No 207 1.13 (0.6)   4.79 (1.1)   2.88 (0.8)   1.44 (0.4)  
PAa (kcal/wk)     0.288   0.26   0.35   0.452
 <2000 241 1.11 (0.5)   4.69 (1)   2.81 (0.7)   1.45 (0.5)  
 ≥2000 130 1.18 (0.7)   4.82 (1)   2.89 (0.8)   1.49 (0.4)  
SBPb ≥140 (mmHg)     0.563   0.88   0.1   0.221
 Yes 60 1.09 (0.7)   4.72 (0.8)   2.69 (0.6)   1.54 (0.5)  
 No 311 1.14 (0.6)   4.74 (1.1)   2.87 (0.8)   1.46 (0.4)  
DBPc ≥90 (mmHg)     0.833   0.80   0.23   0.514
 Yes 59 1.15 (0.7)   4.71 (0.8)   2.73 (0.6)   1.51 (0.5)  
 No 312 1.13 (0.6)   4.74 (1.1)   2.86 (0.8)   1.47 (0.4)  
Hbd (mg/dL)     0.045g   0.009g   0.386   0.843
 6–12 27 0.95 (0.4)   4.31 (1)   2.72 (0.8)   1.49 (0.4)  
 12.1–18 301 1.13 (0.6)   4.81 (1)   2.86 (0.7)   1.47 (0.4)  
 18.1–25 41 1.31 (0.7)   4.44 (1.1)   2.72 (0.7)   1.51 (0.6)  
Diet     0.398   0.18   0.058   0.931
 Healthy 97 1.44 (0.6)   4.63 (1)   2.79 (0.7)   1.46 (0.5)  
Mod He 160 1.15 (0.5)   4.85 (1.1)   2.94 (0.8)   1.48 (0.4)  
Unhealthy 114 1.17 (0.6)   4.67 (0.9)   2.73 (0.7)   1.48 (0.4)  
WHRf (unit)     0.013g   0.002g   0.02g   0.101
 Yes 200 1.20 (0.6)   4.89 (1)   2.92 (0.8)   1.51 (0.5)  
 No 171 1.05 (0.5)   4.55 (1)   2.74 (0.7)   1.43 (0.4)  
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Physical activity; bsystolic blood pressure; cdiastolic blood pressure; dhemoglobin; emoderately healthy; fwaist-to-hip ratio >0.95 in males and >0.8 in females.