Table 2.

Lipid profiles in 18–49 year old men and women in Norway in 2001 and 2019, and mean/median changes (with 95% confidence intervals) between 2001 and 2019.

	Women					Men
2001
	N tests	Mean (SD)	Median	25-%	75-%	N tests	Mean (SD)	Median	25-%	75-%
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	28,206	5.27 (1.03)	5.20	4.55	5.90	29,020	5.49 (1.12)	5.40	4.70	6.20
HDL-C, mmol/l	21,499	1.52 (0.38)	1.49	1.25	1.76	22,625	1.24 (0.31)	1.20	1.03	1.40
Non-HDL-C, mmol/l	21,375	3.80 (1.08)	3.68	3.03	4.44	22,484	4.30 (1.15)	4.24	3.49	5.05
LDL-C, mmol/l	9538	3.30 (0.98)	3.20	2.60	3.88	10,231	3.56 (1.03)	3.50	2.84	4.21
Triglycerides, mmol/l	11,035	1.36 (1.00)	1.12	0.81	1.61	11,813	1.95 (1.56)	1.58	1.09	2.31
2019
	N tests	Mean (SD)	Median	25-%	75-%	N tests	Mean (SD)	Median	25-%	75-%
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	98,271	4.84 (0.89)	4.80	4.20	5.40	90,660	5.00 (1.01)	4.95	4.30	5.60
HDL-C, mmol/l	87,893	1.54 (0.39)	1.49	1.25	1.77	82,039	1.24 (0.31)	1.20	1.03	1.41
Non-HDL-C, mmol/l	87,193	3.32 (0.87)	3.22	2.69	3.85	81,491	3.78 (1.00)	3.72	3.06	4.43
LDL-C, mmol/l	22,869	2.87 (0.74)	2.77	2.32	3.32	21,865	3.10 (0.84)	3.03	2.49	3.63
Triglycerides, mmol/l	28,241	1.25 (0.84)	1.05	0.77	1.48	27,286	1.82 (1.65)	1.42	0.98	2.14
Change from 2001 to 2019, mean (95% CI)
	Women					Men
Total cholesterol	-0.427 (-0.414, -0.439)					-0.485 (-0.471, -0.499)
HDL-C	0.015 (0.009, 0.021)					0.007 (0.003, 0.012)
Non-HDL-C	-0.481 (-0.468, -0.495)					-0.529 (-0.513, -0.544)
LDL-C	-0.439 (-0.420, -0.458)					-0.464 (-0.443, -0.485)
Triglycerides (median)	-0.070 (-0.086, -0.054)					-0.160 (-0.136, -0.184)