Table 2.

Biochemical characteristics of study participants, Biomarker2019 survey.

Variable	All n = 189	Men n = 99	Woman n = 90	p *
Serum glucose (mmoL/L) #	6.1 (1.8)	6.5 (2.1)	5.6 (1.2)	0.0012
Serum cholesterol (mmoL/L) ##	4.9 (1.3)	4.5 (1.2)	5.4 (1.3)	<0.001
LDL cholesterol (mmoL/L) ##	3.1 (1.2)	2.7 (1.0)	3.5 (1.2)	<0.001
HDL cholesterol (mmoL/L) #	1.3 (0.4)	1.2 (0.3)	1.5 (0.4)	<0.001
Serum triglyceride (mmoL/L) #	1.7 (0.8)	1.9 (1.0)	1.6 (0.7)	0.1138
Serum uric acid (µmol/l) #	332.3 (76.6)	354.4 (73.3)	308.0 (73.0)	<0.001

Parameters were measured from fasting blood. Results are mean (SD), ^# Mann-Whitney test, ^## Student’s t-test, * comparison between sexes.