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. 2017 Nov 14;16:215. doi: 10.1186/s12944-017-0603-6

Table 2.

Characteristics of the study population by dyslipidemia status

Variable No event Event(dyslipidemia)
(N = 631) (N = 453) P-value
Age (years) 59.88 ± 12.38 59.53 ± 11.28 0.635
Gender (%) 0.031
 Female 62.8 57.0
 Male 37.2 43.0
Education (%) 0.063
 Less than high school 86.6 89.8
 High school or higher 13.4 10.2
Smoking status (%) 0.358
 Current 18.7 18.5
 Former 7.3 9.7
 Never 74.0 71.7
Drinking (%) 0.043
 No 82.0 86.8
 Yes 18.0 13.2
Vegetables and Fruits (%) 0.051
 A little or no 75.6 70.2
 More(≥500 g/days) 24.4 29.8
Tea (%) 0.132
 No 89.0 85.9
 Yes 11.0 14.1
High-fat diet (%) 0.017
 A little or no 84.3 78.6
 More (≥25 g/days) 15.7 21.4
LDL-C(mmol/L) 2.66 ± 0.66 2.60 ± 0.94 0.236
HDL-C(mmol/L) 1.39 ± 0.26 1.06 ± 0.29 <0
TG(mmol/L) 1.19 ± 0.49 2.15 ± 0.95 <0
TC(mmol/L) 4.59 ± 0.77 4.63 ± 1.17 0.488
BMI(kg/m2) 24.90 ± 3.60 26.18 ± 3.68 <0
25(OH)D3 (ng/mL) 31.03 ± 32.60 25.48 ± 23.57 0.002

LDL-C low-density lipoprotein, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, BMI body mass index, 25(OH) D3 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.Values are study weighted means and standard deviation or percentages for continuous or categorical variables, respectively