Table 4.

Comparison of mean serum lipids (mmol/L) in study and control groups segregated according to sex

Serum lipids	Study group			Control group			P-value
	Females n = 18	Males n = 34	Total n = 52	Females n = 14	Males n = 16	Total n = 30	*	**	***	****
Total cholesterol	4.79 ± 0.75	4.59 ± 0.91	4.66 ± 0.86	5.24 ± 0.98	5.94 ± 1.41	5.61 ± 1.26	0.400	0.822	0.165	0.160
Triglycerides	1.04 ± 0.43	1.15 ± 0.73	1.11 ± 0.64	2.21 ± 4.27	1.39 ± 0.47	1.77 ± 2.91	0.498	0.481	0.315	0.169
HDL	0.89 ± 0.22	0.84 ± 0.25	0.86 ± 0.24	0.99 ± 0.28	1.00 ± 0.26	1.00 ± 0.26	0.464	0.921	0.291	0.045
LDL	2.40 ± 0.77	2.28 ± 0.71	2.32 ± 0.73	2.84 ± 0.76	3.24 ± 0.98	3.06 ± 0.89	0.585	0.219	0.117	0.000

Notes:

^*Comparing females and males in the study group;

^**comparing females and males in the control group;

^***comparing females in the study group with females in the control group;

^****comparing males in the study group with males in the control group.

Abbreviations: HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.