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. 2022 Mar 2;21:26. doi: 10.1186/s12944-022-01635-9

Table 3.

Relationship between blood lipid levels and gallstone disease risk in the meta-analysis

Lipids Datasets Present cross-sectional study Previous studies
Cases Controls SMD (95%CI) P Datasets Cases Controls SMD (95%CI) P І2
TC 3 45,392 507,875 0.148 (0.130, 0.166) 5.15 × 10−18 82 185,077 2,125,345 0.031 (−0.017, 0.079) 0.201 91.2%
TG 3 45,392 507,875 0.209 (0.174, 0.243) 1.70 × 10−32 78 183,975 2,077,581 0.390 (0.302, 0.477) 2.33 × 10− 18 97.6%
LDL-C 2 44,885 497,442 0.136 (0.116, 0.156) 1.36 × 10−40 56 181,859 2,081,769 0.070 (0.015, 0.125) 0.012 91.8%
HDL-C 2 44,885 497,442 −0.127 (−0.166, −0.089) 9.17 × 10−11 73 185,585 2,124,631 −0.215 (− 0.271, − 0.160) 2.54 × 10−14 94.0%
Cases Controls OR (95%CI) P Datasets Cases Controls OR (95%CI) P
High vs Low
TC 3 45,392 507,875 0.754 (0.671, 0.848) 2.25 × 10−06 31 181,627 2,099,042 1.013 (0.929, 1.104) 0.768 72.7%
TG 3 45,392 507,875 0.972 (0.806, 1.172) 0.764 34 186,393 2,329,707 1.214 (1.111, 1.326) 1.71 × 10−05 77.7%
LDL-C 2 44,885 497,442 0.893 (0.842, 0.946) 1.13 × 10−04 19 176,698 2,056,688 1.072 (0.889, 1.292) 0.702 91.1%
HDL-C 2 44,885 497,442 0.710 (0.640, 0.787) 7.03 × 10−11 28 184,929 2,302,029 0.625 (0.552, 0.708) 1.58 × 10−13 85.8%
Per unit
TC 3 45,392 507,875 0.895 (0.858, 0.933) 1.89 × 10−07 19 5478 100,853 0.999 (0.989, 1.010) 0.873
TG 3 45,392 507,875 1.050 (1.036, 1.065) 8.68 × 10−13 25 6217 75,537 1.007 (1.002, 1.012) 0.010 91.1%
LDL-C 2 44,885 497,442 1.071 (1.014, 1.131) 0.014 15 5158 96,975 0.996 (0.987, 1.006) 0.487
HDL-C 2 44,885 497,442 0.889 (0.833, 0.949) 4.32 × 10−04 25 8209 125,966 0.978 (0.965, 0.990) 4.32 × 10−04 75.3%
Present and previous studies
Datasets Cases Controls SMD (95%CI) P І2 Begg-P Egger-P
TC 85 230,469 2,633,220 0.040 (0.009, 0.071) 0.012 90.9% 0.144 0.004
TG 82 229,367 2,585,456 0.302 (0.251, 0.354) 1.32 × 10−30 97.7% 0.012 0.048
LDL-C 59 226,744 2,579,211 0.059 (0.027, 0.092) 3.85 × 10−04 91.6% 0.024 0.014
HDL-C 76 230,470 2,622,073 −0.182 (− 0.217, − 0.147) 3.67 × 10−24 93.9% 0.427 0.133
Datasets Cases Controls OR (95%CI) P І2 Begg-P Egger-P
High vs Low
TC 34 227,019 2,606,917 0.974 (0.896, 1.059) 0.539 76.5% 0.700 0.265
TG 37 231,785 2,837,582 1.192 (1.097, 1.295) 3.47 × 10−05 75.8% 0.381 0.001
LDL-C 21 221,583 2,554,130 1.054 (0.912, 1.219) 0.473 93.0% 0.651 0.749
HDL-C 30 229,814 2,799,471 0.636 (0.570, 0.710) 5.97 × 10−16 85.0% 0.972 0.003
Per unit
TC 23 55,203 685,076 0.992 (0.981, 1.004) 0.177 84.5% 0.205 0.034
TG 28 51,609 583,412 1.011 (1.006, 1.016) 5.12 × 10−05 96.0% 0.621 0.016
LDL-C 18 54,376 670,765 0.998 (0.987, 1.008) 0.641 82.2% 0.829 0.899
HDL-C 27 53,094 623,408 0.974 (0.961, 0.987) 6.07 × 10−05 76.4% 0.016 < 0.001

SMD standard mean difference, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL high density lipoprotein cholesterol