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. 2014 Jun 26;6:75. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-6-75

Table 3.

Lipid parameters (mmol/L) in fhMetS depending on BMI; (medians and IQR)

mmol/L 1. Normal (n =37) 2. Overweight (n = 26) 3. Obese (n = 15) P 1vs2 P 1vs3 P 2vs3
TC
5.41 (4.77–6.02)
5.54 (4.81–5.98)
5.07 (4.21–6.45)
0.798
0.681
0.749
LDL-C
3.20 (2.61–3.67)
3.46 (2.76–4.16)
3.25 (2.29–4.91)
0.199
0.614
0.813
HDL-C
1.69 (1.44–2.03)
1.25 (1.14–1.46)
1.12 (0.88–1.35)
0.0007
0.0001
0.041
nonHDL-C
3.55 (2.98–4.16)
4.29 (3.38–4.63)
3.90 (3.33–5.54)
0.094
0.154
0.922
TG
0.82 (0.52–1.13)
1.21 (0.92–1.80)
1.64 (0.75–2.59)
0.0007
0.012
0.627
TG/HDL ratio 1.18 (0.55–1.59) 2.23 (1.63–3.40) 3.35 (1.27–6.53) 0.0001 0.002 0.294

Normal -BMI < 25 kg/m2, Overweight- BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2, Obese- BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2.