TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants according to LIPC rs2070895 genotypes¹

	AA (n = 62)	AG (n = 268)	GG (n = 413)	P2
Age, y	47.9 ± 8.3	50.5 ± 9.1	51.9 ± 9.4	0.06
Female	21 (33.9)	103 (38.4)	166 (40.2)	0.62
Dietary fat group				0.83
Low fat	30 (8.1)	138 (37.1)	204 (54.8)
High fat	32 (8.6)	130 (35.0)	209 (56.3)
Race or ethnic group				<0.0001
White	31 (5.2)	198 (33.3)	366 (61.5)
Black	27 (24.1)	53 (47.3)	32 (28.6)
Hispanic	3 (12.0)	13 (52.0)	9 (36.0)
Asian or other	1 (9.0)	4 (36.4)	6 (54.6)
Height, cm	167 ± 8.5	169 ± 9.2	169 ± 8.5	0.09
Weight, kg	91.8 ± 14.2	93.5 ± 15.2	93.3 ± 16.0	0.22
Waist circumference, cm	103 ± 12.5	103 ± 12.9	104 ± 13.3	0.75
BMI, kg/m2	33.0 ± 3.8	32.7 ± 3.8	32.6 ± 3.9	0.75
Blood pressure, mm Hg
Systolic	122 ± 16	120 ± 13	119 ± 13	0.05
Diastolic	77 ± 11	76 ± 9	75 ± 9	0.20
Fasting serum glucose, mg/dL	93 ± 16	91 ± 11	92 ± 12	0.88
Fasting serum lipid profile, mg/dL
TGs	98.5 [70.0–168]	121 [80.0–165]	124 [90.0–193]	0.17
TC	205 ± 41.3	201 ± 37.1	203 ± 36.1	0.47
HDL cholesterol	51.0 ± 14.3	49.6 ± 15.6	47.9 ± 13.0	0.002
LDL cholesterol	129 ± 34.2	125 ± 31.3	126 ± 32.2	0.99
Dietary intake per day
Carbohydrate, % of energy	45.9 ± 7.5	45.2 ± 8.0	44.1 ± 7.4	0.28
Fat, % of energy	35.8 ± 6.9	37.0 ± 6.3	37.1 ± 5.7	0.48
Protein, % of energy	18.3 ± 3.2	17.7 ± 3.3	18.4 ± 3.4	0.17
Energy, kcal	1881 ± 572	2036 ± 539	1936 ± 569	0.33
Urinary nitrogen, g/d	11.3 ± 4.6	12.2 ± 4.5	12.4 ± 4.3	0.54
Respiratory quotient	0.84 ± 0.05	0.84 ± 0.04	0.84 ± 0.04	0.72

¹Values are means ± SDs, medians [IQRs], or n (%). LIPC, hepatic lipase gene; TC, total cholesterol.

²P values were calculated by χ² test for categorical variables and ANCOVA for continuous variables after adjusting for age, sex, and ethnicity.