Table 5.

Effect of Gene Score on the biochemical traits

Gene Score	Mean TC (mmol/L)	Mean TG (mmol/L)	Mean HDLC (mmol/L)	Mean LDLC (mmol/L)
0	4.05 ± 0.18	1.18 ± 0.07	2.18 ± 0.11	1.81 ± 0.09
1	4.25 ± 0.17	1.70 ± 0.07	1.99 ± 0.01	2.26 ± 0.01
2	4.40 ± 0.17	1.81 ± 0.09	1.99 ± 0.09	2.33 ± 0.09
3	4.45 ± 0.16	2.00 ± 0.06	1.95 ± 0.08	2.41 ± 0.08
4	4.59 ± 0.18	2.05 ± 0.07	1.89 ± 0.09	2.49 ± 0.08
5	4.65 ± 0.18	2.11 ± 0.06	1.81 ± 0.09	2.51 ± 0.12
6	4.71 ± 0.17	2.19 ± 0.09	1.79 ± 0.08	2.62 ± 0.09
7	4.79 ± 0.17	2.23 ± 0.13	1.61 ± 0.09	2.69 ± 0.11
8	4.81 ± 0.16	2.29 ± 0.11	1.55 ± 0.11	2.71 ± 0.09
9	4.81 ± 1.12	2.32 ± 0.04	1.51 ± 0.09	2.77 ± 0.11
10	4.85 ± 0.19	2.51 ± 0.012	1.49 ± 0.09	2.80 ± 0.13
11	4.89 ± 0.19	2.71 ± 0.09	1.42 ± 0.06	2.99 ± 0.08
12	5.00 ± 0.19	2.88 ± 0.09	1.39 ± 0.11	3.09 ± 0.08
13	5.05 ± 0.20	3.26 ± 0.08	1.37 ± 0.01	3.22 ± 0.08
14	5.11 ± 0.16	3.51 ± 0.08	1.31 ± 0.11	3.29 ± 0.08
15	5.16 ± 0.17	3.63 ± 0.08	1.25 ± 0.11	3.35 ± 0.09
16	5.19 ± 0.19	3.72 ± 0.08	1.18 ± 0.09	3.43 ± 0.13
17	5.23 ± 0.14	3.81 ± 0.16	1.15 ± 0.07	3.51 ± 0.11
18	5.31 ± 0.16	3.96 ± 0.11	1.13 ± 0.14	3.88 ± 0.09
19	5.43 ± 0.45	4.65 ± 0.06	1.01 ± 0.11	3.99 ± 0.11
20	5.61 ± 0.19	4.70 ± 0.04	0.81 ± 0.06	4.01 ± 0.11

The table shows the increase in the mean values of the tested parameters with increasing gene score indicating a quantitative effect. TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL-c High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol