Table 2.
Concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins (mmol/L) at three time points. Values are numbers, mean and 95% confidence interval (CI)
| Total | Western Europe | South Asia | Middle East | Africa | East Asia | Eastern Europe | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | (95%CI) | Mean | (95%CI) | Mean | (95%CI) | Mean | (95%CI) | Mean | (95%CI) | Mean | (95%CI) | Mean | (95%CI) | |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | |||||||||||||||
| Visit 1a | 806 | 1.31 | (1.28, 1.35) | 1.26 | (1.20, 1.31) | 1.41* | (1.33, 1.48) | 1.37 | (1.28, 1.46) | 1.04* | (0.90, 1.17) | 1.62* | (1.46, 1.77) | 1.23 | (1.08, 1.39) |
| Visit 2b | 750 | 1.98 | (1.93, 2.03) | 1.98 | (1.90, 2.05) | 2.03 | (1.93, 2.13) | 1.98 | (1.86, 2.11) | 1.58* | (1.39, 1.77) | 2.25 | (2.04, 2.46) | 1.99 | (1.79, 2.20) |
| Visit 3c | 576 | 0.99 | (0.95, 1.03) | 0.92 | (0.86, 0.99) | 1.10* | (1.02, 1.18) | 1.02 | (0.92, 1.12) | 0.74 | (0.58, 0.89) | 1.16* | (0.99, 1.32) | 0.93 | (0.77, 1.09) |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) | |||||||||||||||
| Visit 1a | 806 | 1.73 | (1.70, 1.75) | 1.76 | (1.72, 1.80) | 1.65* | (1.60, 1.70) | 1.68 | (1.62, 1.74) | 1.73 | (1.63, 1.83) | 1.81 | (1.70, 1.92) | 1.83 | (1.72, 1.94) |
| Visit 2b | 750 | 1.92 | (1.89, 1.95) | 1.93 | (1.88, 1.98) | 1.87 | (1.81, 1.93) | 1.89 | (1.81, 1.97) | 1.88 | (1.76, 2.00) | 2.12 | (1.98, 2.26) | 1.97 | (1.84, 2.11) |
| Visit 3c | 576 | 1.54 | (1.51, 1.57) | 1.60 | (1.55, 1.65) | 1.43* | (1.37, 1.49) | 1.54 | (1.47, 1.62) | 1.67 | (1.55, 1.79) | 1.51 | (1.39, 1.64) | 1.52 | (1.39, 1.64) |
| LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) | |||||||||||||||
| Visit 1a | 802 | 2.75 | (2.69, 2.80) | 2.74 | (2.66, 2.83) | 2.78 | (2.67, 2.88) | 2.75 | (2.62, 2.88) | 2.81 | (2.62, 3.00) | 2.43 | (2.20, 2.65) | 2.83 | (2.61, 3.06) |
| Visit 2b | 739 | 3.45 | (3.38, 3.53) | 3.62 | (3.51, 3.74) | 3.31* | (3.17, 3.45) | 3.28* | (3.10, 3.46) | 3.40 | (3.14, 3.67) | 3.03* | (2.72, 3.34) | 3.78 | (3.48, 4.07) |
| Visit 3c | 575 | 3.07 | (3.01, 3.14) | 3.09 | (2.98, 3.20) | 3.13 | (3.00, 3.26) | 2.98 | (2.82, 3.15) | 2.95 | (2.69, 3.21) | 3.04 | (2.75, 3.32) | 3.10 | (2.83, 3.38) |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | |||||||||||||||
| Visit 1a | 806 | 5.00 | (4.94, 5.05) | 5.01 | (4.92, 5.11) | 4.99 | (4.87, 5.11) | 4.97 | (4.82, 5.12) | 4.96 | (4.74, 5.18) | 4.89 | (4.64, 5.14) | 5.12 | (4.87, 5.38) |
| Visit 2b | 750 | 6.18 | (6.10, 6.26) | 6.36 | (6.24, 6.48) | 6.02* | (5.86, 6.17) | 5.93* | (5.73, 6.14) | 5.92* | (5.62, 6.23) | 6.14 | (5.80, 6.48) | 6.57 | (6.24, 6.91) |
| Visit 3c | 576 | 5.02 | (4.95, 5.10) | 5.08 | (4.96, 5.20) | 5.01 | (4.87, 5.15) | 4.95 | (4.77, 5.13) | 4.92 | (4.63, 5.21) | 5.04 | (4.73, 5.34) | 5.01 | (4.70, 5.31) |
aVisit 1: gestational age 15
bVisit 2: gestational age 28
cVisit 3: 14 weeks postpartum
Adjustments for gestational age/weeks postpartum
Ethnic groups that differed statistical significant (p < 0.004) from the Western European group (reference) are marked with*
Statistics: Linear regression