Table 2.
Gender-specific prevalence of dyslipidemia in 26,378 individuals from rural Hua County, China, 2012–2016
| Indicator | Classification | Total n(%) (N = 26,378) |
Male n(%) (N = 12,925) |
Female n(%) (N = 13,453) |
P value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TC | Ideal | 17,930 (67.97) | 9374 (72.53) | 8556 (63.60) | < 0.001 |
| Borderline high | 6470 (24.53) | 2799 (21.66) | 3671 (27.29) | ||
| High | 1978 (7.50) | 752 (5.82) | 1226 (9.11) | ||
| TG | Ideal | 18,353 (69.58) | 9165 (70.91) | 9188 (68.30) | 0.004 |
| Borderline high | 4192 (15.89) | 1837 (14.21) | 2355 (17.51) | ||
| High | 3833 (14.53) | 1923 (14.88) | 1910 (14.20) | ||
| LDL-C | Ideal | 23,854 (90.43) | 11,864 (91.79) | 11,990 (89.13) | < 0.001 |
| Borderline high | 2059 (7.81) | 863 (6.68) | 1196 (8.89) | ||
| High | 465 (1.76) | 198 (1.53) | 267 (1.98) | ||
| HDL-C | Normal | 23,955 (90.81) | 11,521 (89.14) | 12,434 (92.43) | < 0.001 |
| Low | 2423 (9.19) | 1404 (10.86) | 1019 (7.57) | ||
| BHA dyslipidemia b | Normal | 13,538 (51.32) | 7146 (55.29) | 6392 (47.51) | < 0.001 |
| Abnormal | 12,840 (48.68) | 5779 (44.71) | 7061 (52.49) | ||
| High dyslipidemia c | Normal | 21,129 (80.10) | 10,494 (81.19) | 10,635 (79.05) | < 0.001 |
| Abnormal | 5249 (19.90) | 2431 (18.81) | 2818 (20.95) |
aP values were derived from the Chi-square test or Ridit test
b BHA (borderline high and above) dyslipidemia was defined as presence of borderline high or high level in any one of the factors TC, TG or LDL-C
c High dyslipidemia was defined as presence of high level of any one of TC, TG or LDL-C