Skip to main content
. 2013 Jan 30;12:26. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-26

Table 3.

Unadjusted and least-square adjusted mean concentrations (standard error) of lipids and apolipoprotein B among adults aged > =20 years, by glycemic status and survey, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988–1991 and 2005–2006

 
Diagnosed diabetes
Undiagnosed diabetes
Prediabetes
Normal
  1988-1991 2005-2008 P* 1988-1991 2005-2008 P* 1988-1991 2005-2008 P* 1988-1991 2005-2008 P*
N
200
211
 
91
67
 
545
634
 
2302
2290
 
Unadjusted
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
214.4 (3.7)
194.6 (3.2)
<0.001
224.5 (5.0)
208.8 (6.0)
0.051
217.5 (1.7)
209.9 (2.2)
0.008
199.9 (1.3)
196.0 (1.2)
0.034
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
48.8 (1.6)
51.2 (1.5)
0.287
44.8 (1.8)
46.3 (2.0)
0.580
48.1 (0.7)
53.5 (0.9)
<0.001
51.8 (0.7)
55.9 (0.5)
<0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
134.7 (3.0)
113.8 (2.6)
<0.001
144.8 (3.9)
130.0 (5.3)
0.028
142.2 (1.8)
129.8 (1.6)
<0.001
124.3 (1.3)
116.7 (1.1)
<0.001
Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
165.6 (4.6)
143.5 (3.2)
<0.001
179.7 (4.5)
162.5 (5.5)
0.019
169.4 (1.8)
156.4 (2.1)
<0.001
148.1 (1.5)
140.1 (1.2)
<0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dl)†
154.5 (9.8)
148.1 (7.4)
0.604
174.0 (10.4)
163.2 (11.9)
0.496
135.9 (4.3)
135.8 (3.7)
0.987
118.8 (3.6)
116.9 (1.7)
0.639
Triglycerides (mg/dl)‡
139.1 (9.9)
131.2 (7.1)
0.513
158.3 (9.6)
140.6 (12.1)
0.263
120.9 (3.7)
120.5 (3.0)
0.936
103.8 (3.2)
102.3 (1.6)
0.674
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl)
113.8 (2.8)
103.2 (2.4)
0.005
121.7 (3.1)
116.9 (3.6)
0.321
115.1 (1.2)
109.6 (1.3)
0.003
101.6 (0.9)
98.7 (1.0)
0.041
Age-adjusted
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
202.5 (3.7)
185.8 (3.6)
0.002
212.9 (4.4)
198.4 (6.3)
0.070
207.4 (1.8)
202.1 (2.0)
0.048
201.6 (1.2)
198.5 (1.1)
0.062
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
46.9 (1.6)
49.7 (1.5)
0.202
42.9 (1.8)
44.6 (2.0)
0.528
46.5 (0.7)
52.2 (0.9)
<0.001
52.1 (0.7)
56.3 (0.4)
<0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
126.6 (2.9)
107.8 (2.9)
<0.001
137.0 (3.7)
122.9 (5.7)
0.046
135.3 (1.9)
124.5 (1.5)
<0.001
125.5 (1.3)
118.4 (1.1)
<0.001
Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
155.6 (4.5)
136.1 (3.6)
0.001
170.0 (4.1)
153.8 (5.7)
0.028
160.9 (2.0)
149.9 (2.0)
<0.001
149.5 (1.4)
142.2 (1.2)
<0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dl)†
145.2 (9.6)
141.2 (7.6)
0.743
164.9 (10.0)
155.0 (11.5)
0.518
127.9 (4.4)
129.7 (3.6)
0.755
120.2 (3.6)
118.9 (1.7)
0.750
Triglycerides (mg/dl)‡
127.6 (9.0)
123.1 (6.9)
0.683
145.6 (8.5)
130.4 (11.0)
0.283
112.3 (3.4)
113.9 (2.6)
0.713
105.1 (3.2)
104.2 (1.6)
0.797
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl)
107.8 (2.7)
98.7 (2.6)
0.019
115.8 (2.9)
111.6 (3.8)
0.388
109.9 (1.4)
105.7 (1.2)
0.018
102.4 (0.9)
100.0 (0.9)
0.066
Adjusted for age, gender, race or ethnicity, education, and body mass index
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
201.7 (3.5)
183.7 (3.4)
<0.001
211.3 (4.7)
193.9 (6.2)
0.029
208.0 (1.9)
200.7 (2.1)
0.010
202.2 (1.2)
198.4 (1.0)
0.018
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
48.0 (1.2)
52.9 (1.4)
0.009
46.8 (2.1)
51.0 (2.5)
0.213
47.0 (0.7)
53.9 (0.8)
<0.001
51.2 (0.6)
56.3 (0.4)
<0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
125.6 (2.7)
104.8 (2.8)
<0.001
133.7 (4.3)
116.3 (5.6)
0.016
135.0 (2.0)
122.5 (1.5)
<0.001
126.2 (1.2)
118.5 (0.9)
<0.001
Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl)
153.7 (4.0)
130.8 (3.4)
<0.001
164.5 (5.3)
143.0 (5.9)
0.009
160.9 (2.0)
146.9 (2.0)
<0.001
150.9 (1.2)
142.1 (0.9)
<0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dl)†
140.6 (8.2)
129.7 (7.4)
0.324
154.1 (11.9)
134.0 (13.2)
0.258
129.6 (3.7)
124.4 (3.8)
0.319
123.4 (3.2)
118.1 (1.6)
0.141
Triglycerides (mg/dl)‡
122.9 (7.3)
111.7 (6.0)
0.224
133.2 (10.3)
109.4 (10.4)
0.107
114.3 (2.7)
109.0 (2.5)
0.148
108.0 (2.8)
103.4 (1.4)
0.146
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl) 106.4 (2.6) 95.0 (2.5) 0.002 111.8 (3.2) 104.2 (4.0) 0.148 109.6 (1.5) 103.5 (1.2) 0.002 103.4 (0.9) 100.0 (0.7) 0.006

Participants who reported using cholesterol-lowering medications, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, and niacin were excluded.

*P-values from linear regression analyses.

†Untransformed mean.

‡Geometric mean.