Table 3. Relationship between pre-surgical serum LDL cholesterol level and other clinical characteristics.

Variables	LDL cholesterol ≥ 1.84 mmol/L	LDL cholesterol < 1.84 mmol/L	P
Age (years)			0.056b
≥65	19	5
<65	95	6
sex			1.000b
Male	74	7
Female	40	4
Tumor size (cm)
≥3	106	10	0.576c
<3	8	1
Tumor location
Frontal lobe	46	3	0.599b
Temporal lobe	43	7	0.176b
Midline structure	32	1	0.315b
Mutilobar	37	1	0.206b
Other locations	43	4	1.000b
Triglycerides			0.330a
≥1.24 mmol/L	59	4
<1.24 mmol/L	55	7
HDL cholesterol			0.675b
≥1.32 mmol/L	65	5
<1.32 mmol/L	49	6
Total cholesterol			<0.001b
≥3.91 mmol/L	103	3
<3.91 mmol/L	11	8

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; a: Pearson Chi-Square Test; b: Continuity Correction; c: Fisher's Exact Test.