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Table 6 Serum lipid concentrations in women with diabetes compared with women without diabetes

From: Elevation of small, dense low density lipoprotein cholesterol—a possible antecedent of atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype in type 2 diabetes patients in Jos, North-Central Nigeria

Variable

Diabetes

Controls

P-value

 

(n = 116)

(n = 85)

 

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

5.37 (5.13–5.61)

4.32 (4.11–4.53)

< 0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.43 (1.32–1.55)

0.92 (0.81–1.02)

< 0.001

HDL–C (mmol/l)

1.26 (1.19–1.33)

1.32 (1.22–1.42)

0.317

LDL–C (mmol/l)

3.46 (3.23–3.69)

2.60 (2.40–2.80)

< 0.001

sdLDL–C (mmol/l)

1.48 (1.36–1.60)

0.83 (0.70–0.96)

< 0.001

lbLDL–C (mmol/l)

1.98 (1.77–2.19)

1.77 (1.57–1.96)

0.136

%LDL as sdLDL

44.83 (41.39–48.27)

33.89 (28.86–38.93)

< 0.001

  1. Values are expressed as mean (95% confidence interval), Unpaired student’s t-test, P < 0.05 = significant