TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics and plasma lipid levels per LCAT quartiles
| LCAT Quartiles |
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| 1st(n = 135) | 2nd(n = 133) | 3rd(n = 137) | 4th(n = 135) | P Trend | |
| LCAT (μg/ml) (mean, range) | 3.35 (1.76-4.08) | 4.54 (4.09-4.99) | 5.42 (5.01-5.85) | 6.75 (5.86-10.30) | |
| Age (y) | 63.4 (62.5, 64.3) | 63.2 (62.4, 64.1) | 63.9 (63.1, 64.7) | 64.2 (63.3, 65.0) | 0.07 |
| Male gender (%) | 58% | 55% | 53% | 51% | 0.26 |
| Smoking status (%) | 0.78 | ||||
| Current | 21% | 20% | 23% | 21% | |
| Former | 38% | 34% | 34% | 35% | |
| Never | 41% | 46% | 43% | 44% | |
| BMI (kg/m ) | 26.6 (26.0, 27.3) | 26.2 (25.6, 26.8) | 26.0 (25.3, 26.6) | 26.5 (25.8, 27.2) | 0.41 |
| Diabetes (%) | 13% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 0.61 |
| Hypertensive (%) | 39% | 52% | 53% | 50% | 0.08 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 231.3 (224.5, 238.1) | 229.9 (223.0, 236.9) | 235.2 (228.7, 241.8) | 237.9 (232.3, 243.6) | 0.06 |
| Unesterified cholesterol (mg/dl) | 67.0 (65.2, 68.8) | 64.7 (62.7, 66.7) | 64.5 (62.7, 66.4) | 65.6 (63.7, 67.5) | 0.42 |
| Unesterified/total cholesterol ratio | 0.292 (0.285, 0.3) | 0.286 (0.278, 0.293) | 0.278 (0.271, 0.285) | 0.278 (0.271, 0.284) | 0.0009 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 155.5 (149.3, 161.9) | 155.5 (149.5, 161.4) | 161.3 (155.3, 167.3) | 161.1 (156.2, 166.0) | 0.05 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 48.1 (45.6, 50.7) | 48.0 (45.8, 50.3) | 51.8 (49.5, 54.1) | 52.6 (49.7, 55.5) | 0.002 |
| Triglyceridesa (mg/dl) | 125.2 (114.4, 137.0) | 114.4 (103.5, 126.5) | 102.5 (94.6, 111.1) | 109.9 (101.5, 120.3) | 0.07 |
Results are expressed as means (95% CI) or percentages. P values for trends were computed by linear regression for continuous variables.
BMI, body mass index.
a
Geometric means (95% CI).