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. 2016 Mar;246:36–43. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.12.039

Table 2.

Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics according to normal HDL, isolated low HDL-c and non-isolated low HDL-c.

Normal HDL-c (n = 426)
Isolated low HDL-c (n = 387)
Non-isolated low HDL-c (n = 175)
p-value
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Study group 0.003
 Urban 91 (45.7%) 68 (34.2%) 40 (20.1%)
 Migrant 247 (42.0%) 224 (38.1%) 117(19.9%)
 Rural 88 (43.8%) 95 (47.3%) 18 (8.9%%)
Sex <0.001
 Female 158 (30.3%) 259 (49.6%) 105 (20.1%)
 Male 268 (57.5%) 128 (27.5%) 70 (15.0%)
Age <0.001
 30–39 years 127 (45.0%) 126 (44.7%) 29 (10.3%)
 40–49 years 128 (45.4%) 98 (34.8%) 56 (19.8%)
 50–59 years 95 (34.9%) 106 (38.9%) 71 (26.1%)
 ≥60 years 76 (50.0%) 57 (37.5%) 19 (12.5%)
Deprivation index 0.028
 No 307 (44.6%) 251 (36.5%) 130 (18.9%)
 Yes 119 (39.7%) 136 (45.3%) 45 (15.0%)
Daily smoking 0.761
 Yes 16 (48.5%) 11 (33.3%) 6 (18.2%)
 No 408 (42.8%) 376 (39.5%) 169 (17.7%)
Heavy Episodic Alcohol intake 0.002
 Low 373 (41.4%) 366 (40.6%) 162 (17.9%)
 High 53 (60.9%) 21 (24.1%) 13 (14.9%)
Physical activity 0.341
 Moderate/high 310 (42.7%) 293 (40.4%) 123 (16.9%)
 Low 110 (43.3%) 92 (36.2%) 52 (20.5%)
BMI <0.001
 Normal 229 (55.6%) 149 (36.2%) 34 (8.3%)
 Overweight 142 (37.8%) 158 (42.0%) 76 (20.2%)
 Obese 54 (27.3%) 79 (39.9%) 65 (32.8%)