Table 1 |
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Characteristics of the study subjects. |
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| Women |
Men |
All |
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| N |
32 |
27 |
59 |
| Age (years) |
39.3 ± 10.5 |
39.3 ± 11.0 |
39.3 ± 10.6 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) |
23.2 ± 3.1 |
25.8 ± 3.6** |
24.4 ± 3.6 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) |
5.23 ± 0.87 |
5.76 ± 1.02* |
5.47 ± 0.97 |
| Triacylglycerol (mmol/l) |
0.96 ± 0.41 |
1.81 ± 1.27*** |
1.35 ± 0.71 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) |
1.88 ± 0.32 |
1.38 ± 0.23*** |
1.65 ± 0.38 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) |
2.91 ± 0.84 |
3.63 ± 0.92** |
3.21 ± 0.96 |
| ApoA-I (g/l) |
1.70 ± 0.20 |
1.46 ± 0.13*** |
1.59 ± 0.21 |
| ApoB (g/l) |
0.81 ± 0.20 |
1.00 ± 0.22** |
0.90 ± 0.23 |
| Lp(a) (U/l) |
266 ± 226 |
165 ± 201 |
220 ± 219 |
| fB-Glucose (mmol/l)a |
4.4 ± 0.4 |
4.6 ± 0.6 |
4.5 ± 0.5 |
| LDL diameter (nm) |
26.94 ± 0.45 |
26.40 ± 0.55*** |
26.70 ± 0.51 |
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Values are mean ± SD. a fB, fasting blood, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 compared to women by Mann-Whitney U-test. | |||
Solakivi et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2005 4:25 doi:10.1186/1476-511X-4-25 |
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