. 2016 Jan 20;58(3):240–245. doi: 10.3164/jcbn.15-73

Table 1.

CoQ10 status and cholesterol level in 860 study subjects divided into age groups stratified by sex

	Age-range number (K/J)	18–40 326 (129/197)	41–60 388 (177/211)	61–82 146 (55/91)
CoQ10 (µmol/L)	Total	0.759 ± 0.268^A	0.885 ± 0.302^C	0.830 ± 0.235^B
	Male	0.796 ± 0.293^A	0.939 ± 0.335^B	0.835 ± 0.235^AB
	Female	0.734 ± 0.248^A	0.839 ± 0.265^B	0.827 ± 0.236^B
	p≤ (K vs J)		0.01

Cholesterol (mmol/L)	Total	4.33 ± 0.79^A	4.78 ± 0.73^B	4.80 ± 0.68^B
	Male	4.27 ± 0.88^A	4.83 ± 0.74^B	4.53 ± 0.60^A
	Female	4.37 ± 0.72^A	4.74 ± 0.71^B	4.97 ± 0.67^C
	p≤ (K vs J)			0.001

CoQ10/cholesterol (µmol/mol)	Total	175 ± 53^A	184 ± 53^A	173 ± 44^A
	Male	185 ± 51^A	192 ± 53^A	184 ± 46^A
	Female	169 ± 54^A	177 ± 53^A	166 ± 42^A
	p≤ (K vs J)	0.005	0.005	0.01

Redox-status (% oxidized in total)	Total	12.7 ± 2.4^A	12.8 ± 2.2^A	13.7 ± 2.0^B
	Male	12.4 ± 2.7^A	12.5 ± 2.0^A	13.7 ± 2.3^B
	Female	12.9 ± 2.1^A	13.0 ± 2.4^A	13.6 ± 1.9^B
	p≤ (K vs J)	0.005

Data are shown as mean ± SDM; data with different superscripts are statistically different in regard to age groups as calculated by ANOVA (Scheffe post-hoc test) p≤0.05; sex-related differences within age groups were calculated by Mann–Whitney U test.