Table 3.

Age-standardised† mean values of total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein among 25–74 year-old citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar

	Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	Triglyceride (mmol/L)	LDL (mmol/L)	HDL (mmol/L)
	Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)
Sex
Male	5.21 (0.045)	1.67 (0.057)	3.24 (0.045)	1.19 (0.013)
Female	5.19 (0.044)	1.41 (0.037)	3.39 (0.035)	1.14 (0.018)
p Value**	0.746	0.003*	0.006*	0.03*
Location
Urban	5.31 (0.044)	1.65 (0.049)	3.44 (0.019)	1.11 (0.010)
Rural	5.05 (0.068)	1.38 (0.078)	3.16 (0.058)	1.25 (0.012)
p Value**	0.009*	0.017*	0.001*	<0.001*
Education
No formal	5.24 (0.032)	1.55 (0.031)	3.33 (0.040)	1.20 (0.023)
1–5 years	5.13 (0.049)	1.49 (0.065)	3.23 (0.044)	1.19 (0.015)
6–11 years	5.36 (0.044)	1.61 (0.041)	3.44 (0.038)	1.17 (0.014)
>11 years	5.13 (0.051)	1.57 (0.063)	3.33 (0.032)	1.11 (0.020)
p Value**	0.009*	0.466	0.014*	0.121
Income
US$<1.9/day	5.14 (0.047)	1.50 (0.050)	3.28 (0.046)	1.16 (0.018)
US$1.9–3.09/day	5.28 (0.053)	1.59 (0.053)	3.37 (0.047)	1.18 (0.011)
US$≥3.1/day	5.25 (0.063)	1.52 (0.058)	3.37 (0.053)	1.16 (0.019)
p Value**	0.120	0.154	0.058	0.538
Total	5.21 (0.041)	1.54 (0.044)	3.32 (0.037)	1.17 (0.011)

* *p<0.05; **p value from Wald test.

†Direct standardisation, based on the 2014 Yangon Region Census population.

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.