Table 3.

Mean Values ($\overline{x}\pm s$) of Serum Lipid and Apolipoprotein Levels for apo E Gene in Overweight/Obese and Control Groups[Link]

	Overweight/obese			Controls
	E2 (n = 54)	E3 (n = 186)	E4 (n = 42)	E2 (n = 21)	E3 (n = 123)	E4 (n = 28)
TG (mmol/l)	2.61 ± 1.58	2.32 ± 1.56	2.22 ± 1.61	2.76 ± 3.14c,d,**,*	1.68 ± 1.12	1.80 ± 0.97
TC (mmol/l)	5.52 ± 1.01	5.74 ± 1.00	5.76 ± 1.10	5.42 ± 1.47	5.51 ± 1.12	5.67 ± 1.08
HDL‐C (mmol/l)	1.16 ± 0.26	1.21 ± 0.32	1.16 ± 0.29	1.32 ± 0.31	1.36 ± 0.30	1.29 ± 0.25
LDL‐C (mmol/l)	3.19a ± 0.73a,b,*	3.57 ± 0.93b	3.69 ± 1.11c	2.86d ± 0.74a,b,*	3.45 ± 1.07e	3.60 ± 0.97f
apo A‐I (mg/dl)	126.02 ± 23.33	128.10 ± 28.92	126.89 ± 22.48	126.74 ± 26.26	131.09 ± 23.47	128.29 ± 19.53
apo A‐II (mg/dl)	28.86 ± 5.42	28.88 ± 4.70	29.69 ± 4.55	28.79 ± 3.65	28.77 ± 4.95	29.00 ± 3.93
apo B100 (mg/dl)	88.42 ± 18.84e,*	92.13 ± 17.85	96.51 ± 19.75	81.26 ± 22.54	84.84 ± 22.28	92.39 ± 22.59
apo C‐II (mg/dl)	7.75 ± 3.09	6.79 ± 3.29	7.17 ± 3.94	7.26 ± 5.12f,*	5.37 ± 2.68	6.04 ± 3.20
apo C‐III (mg/dl)	16.50 ± 5.94	15.76 ± 6.59	16.83 ± 9.03	15.44 ± 9.59	12.71 ± 5.45	14.09 ± 6.36
apo‐E (mg/dl)	6.47 ± 2.15a,b,**	5.10 ± 1.72	5.10 ± 2.01	6.62 ± 4.72c,d, **,*	4.59 ± 1.54	4.78 ± 1.56

Subjects with TG > 4.516 mmol/l (400 mg/dl) were excluded when calculating the serum LDL‐C levels.

^a,bCompared with E3 and E4 allele carriers in the same group, respectively, *P < 0.05 or **P < 0.01.

^c,dCompared with E3 and E4 allele carriers in the same group, respectively, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.

^eCompared with E4 allele carriers in the same group, *P < 0.05.

^fCompared with E3 allele carriers in the same group, *P < 0.05.

Case numbers in E2, E3, and E4 are 50, 172, and 40, respectively.

Case numbers in E2, E3, and E4 are 20, 116, and 27, respectively.

^gAge and sex were used as covariates in the analysis to adjust for the genotype effects.