Table 2.
P-values for comparisons of demographic and fasting lipoprotein diameter characteristics across populations.
| GOLDN | MESA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caucasian | Caucasianb | African-American | Hispanic | Chinese | |
| Age (above) / Gender (below) | |||||
| GOLDN Caucasian | - | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| MESA Caucasianb | .29 | - | .23 | .0002 | .43 |
| MESA African-American | .04 | .16 | - | .02 | .90 |
| MESA Hispanic | .37 | .91 | .17 | - | .05 |
| MESA Chinese | .61 | .69 | .17 | .78 | - |
| VLDL diameter (above) / LDL diameter (below) | |||||
| GOLDN Caucasian | - | <.0001 | <.0001 | .70 | <.0001 |
| MESA Caucasianb | .09 | - | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| MESA African-American | .44 | .08 | - | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| MESA Hispanic | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | - | <.0001 |
| MESA Chinese | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | - |
| HDL diameter (above) | |||||
| GOLDN Caucasian | - | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| MESA Caucasianb | - | .001 | .0004 | <.0001 | |
| MESA African-American | - | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||
| MESA Hispanic | - | <.0001 | |||
| MESA Chinese | - | ||||
a
Tests derived from t-tests for age, a 2-df Χ2 test for gender, and a regression model with age and gender as covariates for lipoprotein diameters.
b
P-values for comparisons between MESA Caucasians not on lipid lowering medication vs. GOLDN Caucasian participants: VLDL diameter: P<.0001; LDL diameter: P<.81; HDL diameter: P<.0001;