Table 1. Participants, genotype and lipid parameters of participants.
| Parameters* | Control | SM | P-value |
| Age (years) | 47.0±3.2 | 55.0±2.3 | 0.0541 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 30 | 21 | - |
| Female | 78 | 63 | - |
| N total | 108 | 84 | 0.7309 |
| ε2 | 14 (13.0) | 8 (9.5) | - |
| ε3 | 73 (67.6) | 64 (76.2) | - |
| ε4 | 21 (19.4) | 12 (14.3) | - |
| TC | 194.4±4.5 | 146.4±3.0 | <0.0001 |
| LDL-C | 129.0±4.5 | 79.8±2.7 | <0.0001 |
| HDL-C | 43.4±1.4 | 47.9±2.7 | 0.0136 |
| TG | 140.6±11.9 | 95.8±2.8 | <0.0007 |
SM, schistosomiasis mansoni patients; TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard error and were compared by unpaired t-test, whereas categorical variables are presented as absolute (percentage) frequencies and were compared by the Chi-square test.
*Plasma lipids are expressed in mg/dL.