Table 2. Lipid profile of the participants according to sex and study year.
| Variable | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2010 | P value | 1998 | 2010 | P value | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 156.6±1.2 | 152.8±1.3 | 0.072 | 165.7±1.3 | 163.3±1.6 | 0.155 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 52.9±0.6 | 52.3±0.5 | 0.554 | 53.9 ±0.6 | 55.5 ±0.7 | 0.111 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 87.5±1.0 | 83.6±1.1 | 0.019 | 93.6 ±1.1 | 91.0±1.5 | 0.106 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 81.2±1.9 | 84.7±2.9 | 0.889 | 90.8 ±2.3 | 85.8 ±3.6 | 0.020 |
| Hypercholesterolemia* (%) | 7.1 | 4.0 | 0.066 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 0.317 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia† (%) | 10.7 | 8.2 | 0.202 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 0.138 |
| Hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia‡ (%) | 5.0 | 3.8 | 0.419 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 0.083 |
| Hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia§ (%) | 6.5 | 10.1 | 0.058 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 0.552 |
| Dyslipidemia∥ (%) | 19.6 | 19.8 | 0.937 | 25.1 | 18.3 | 0.052 |
Values are presented as mean±standard error of mean unless otherwise indicated.
HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.
*Total cholesterol level>200 mg/dL. †Triglycerides level>150 mg/dL. ‡LDL-cholesterol level>130 mg/dL. §HDL-cholesterol level<40 mg/dL. ∥Had at least one of the following: hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia, and hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia