TABLE 4.
Differences in blood serum lipids between male and female forensic in-patients with schizophrenia.
| Men (n = 29) | Women (n = 29) | |||
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M (SD)/ prevalence in % |
M (SD)/ prevalence in % |
U/χ 2 | Significance level (p) | |
| Cholesterol (mg/dl) | 221.5 (43.5) | 188.6 (38.7) | 131.5a | 0.004** |
| Cholesterol reference interval | ||||
| Normal | 35.0% | 75.0% | 7.886b | 0.019* |
| Borderline | 5.0% | 3.6% | ||
| Pathological | 60.0% | 21.4% | ||
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 254.8 (202.9) | 119.1 (62.7) | 142.0a | 0.004** |
| Triglycerides reference interval | ||||
| Normal | 40.0% | 89.3% | 13.367b | 0.001** |
| Borderline | 5.0% | 0.0% | ||
| Pathological | 45.0% | 10.7% |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
aMann–Whitney-U.
bChi-square χ2 (Pearson).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 (asymptotic, two-tailed).