Table 2. Adjusted mean values of blood lipids and body mass index, and prevalence of dyslipidemia and overweight/obesity according to ethnicity, area, and education level, 2011–2013a.
| Men | Women | |||||||
| Ethnicity | P | Ethnicity | P | |||||
| Palauans | Non-Palauans | Palauans | Non-Palauans | |||||
| Number of subjects | 751 | 293 | 875 | 262 | ||||
| Age, years (SD) | 47 (10) | 41 (10) | <0.001 | 46 (10) | 43 (10) | <0.001 | ||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (SE) | 30.8 (0.2) | 25.4 (0.4) | <0.001 | 31.3 (0.2) | 25.2 (0.4) | <0.001 | ||
| Overweight and/or obesity, % | 84 | 53 | <0.001 | 86 | 45 | <0.001 | ||
| Obesity, % | 52 | 12 | <0.001 | 55 | 15 | <0.001 | ||
| Triglycerides, mg/dL (SE) | 182 (4) | 179 (7) | 0.68 | 171 (4) | 150 (7) | 0.006 | ||
| Hypertriglyceridemia, % | 49 | 48 | 0.86 | 44 | 34 | 0.007 | ||
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL (SE) | 177 (1) | 182 (2) | 0.03 | 182 (1) | 186 (2) | 0.09 | ||
| Hypercholesterolemia, % | 16 | 24 | 0.02 | 23 | 24 | 0.64 | ||
| Area | P | Area | P | |||||
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |||||
| Number of subjects | 802 | 244 | 917 | 221 | ||||
| Age, years (SD) | 44 (10) | 47 (10) | <0.001 | 46 (10) | 46 (10) | 0.64 | ||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (SE) | 29.4 (0.2) | 29.1 (0.4) | 0.45 | 29.9 (0.2) | 29.9 (0.4) | 0.94 | ||
| Overweight and/or obesity, % | 77 | 72 | 0.10 | 76 | 77 | 0.77 | ||
| Obesity, % | 40 | 41 | 0.84 | 46 | 43 | 0.30 | ||
| Triglycerides, mg/dL (SE) | 185 (4) | 173 (7) | 0.18 | 166 (4) | 167 (7) | 0.90 | ||
| Hypertriglyceridemia, % | 49 | 46 | 0.49 | 40 | 46 | 0.19 | ||
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL (SE) | 179 (1) | 176 (2) | 0.20 | 182 (1) | 187 (2) | 0.049 | ||
| Hypercholesterolemia, % | 19 | 16 | 0.39 | 21 | 32 | 0.008 | ||
| Education | P | Education | P | |||||
| Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | |||
| Number of subjects | 183 | 428 | 425 | 164 | 432 | 534 | ||
| Age, years (SD) | 45 (10) | 45 (10) | 45 (10) | 0.77 | 48 (11) | 46 (10) | 45 (10) | 0.008 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (SE) | 28.5 (0.4) | 29.5 (0.3) | 29.6 (0.3) | 0.08 | 29.7 (0.5) | 30.3 (0.3) | 29.6 (0.3) | 0.16 |
| Overweight and/or obesity, % | 69 | 77 | 77 | 0.05 | 73 | 76 | 80 | 0.02 |
| Obesity, % | 35 | 41 | 42 | 0.17 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 0.11 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL (SE) | 177 (9) | 179 (6) | 186 (6) | 0.57 | 161 (8) | 166 (5) | 168 (5) | 0.73 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia, % | 45 | 48 | 50 | 0.64 | 36 | 43 | 41 | 0.34 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL (SE) | 181 (3) | 179 (1) | 177 (1) | 0.39 | 182 (3) | 185 (2) | 182 (2) | 0.38 |
| Hypercholesterolemia, % | 23 | 19 | 16 | 0.21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 0.87 |
SD, standard deviation. SE, standard error.
aAdjust model include age, ethnicity, area, and education.