Table 1.
Lipid and apolipoprotein profiles of study populations by HDL-C status (normal vs. reduced HDL-C levels).
| Normal HDL-C levels | Reduced HDL-C levels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungarian general (n = 50) |
Roma (n = 50) |
p value | Hungarian general (n = 115) |
Roma (n = 162) |
p value | |
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |||||
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.62 (1.53–1.71) | 1.59 (1.49–1.70) | 0.290 | 1.02 (0.99–1.05) | 1.01 (0.98–1.03) | 0.678 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.50 (2.33–2.67) | 2.63 (2.50–2.77) | 0.359 | 3.04 (2.86–3.23) | 3.17 (3.02–3.32) | 0.186 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 0.90 (0.80–0.99) | 0.88 (0.80–0.96) | 0.814 | 2.06 (1.84–2.28) | 1.88 (1.71–2.06) | 0.169 |
| TG/HDL-C ratio | 0.58 (0.51–0.66) | 0.59 (0.52–0.67) | 0.697 | 2.18 (1.89–2.46) | 2.00 (1.79–2.22) | 0.290 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.39 (4.19–4.59) | 4.43 (4.26–4.60) | 0.871 | 4.79 (4.58–5.00) | 4.80 (4.63–4.97) | 0.978 |
| ApoAI (g/L) | 1.66 (1.58–1.74) | 1.62 (1.55–1.69) | 0.317 | 1.30 (1.27–1.33) | 1.27 (1.25–1.30) | 0.109 |
| ApoB (g/L) | 0.83 (0.77–0.88) | 0.87 (0.83–0.91) | 0.257 | 1.08 (1.03–1.14) | 1.12 (1.07–1.17) | 0.242 |
| ApoB/ApoAI ratio | 0.51 (0.47–0.55) | 0.55 (0.51–0.58) | 0.094 | 0.84 (0.80–0.88) | 0.89 (0.85–0.93) | 0.097 |
Threshold of significance after Bonferroni correction: p < 0.006.
95% CI, 95% confidence interval; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein; TG, triglyceride; ApoAI, Apolipoprotein A1; ApoB, Apolipoprotein B.