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Table 7 Comparison of mean lipid parameters among diabetes patients according to age groups

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

 

Subgroup 1

Subgroup 2

Subgroup 3

  

Variable/Age (years)

< 46

(n = 26)

46-60

(n = 98)

> 60

(n = 52)

F-value

p-value

TC (mmol/L)

4.7 ± 0.9

5.36 ± 1.4

5.01 ± 1.3

3.058

0.050

TG (mmol/L)

1.29 ± 0.6

1.45 ± 0.7

1.43 ± 0.6

0.697

0.499

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.19 ± 0.2

1.23 ± 0.4

1.18 ± 0.3

0.358

0.700

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.98 ± 0.9

3.45 ± 1.3

3.21 ± 1.1

1.862

0.158

sdLDL-C (mmol/L)

1.25 ± 0.4

1.46 ± 0.6

1.50 ± 0.7

1.432

0.242

lLDL-C (mmol/L)

1.72 ± 0.6

1.99 ± 0.6

1.69 ± 0.5

1.544

0.216

%LDL-C as dLDL-C

45.70 ± 15.4

44.02 ± 15.5

48.78 ± 16.9

0.896

0.410

  1. Values are expressed as Mean ± SD, ANOVA, p < 0.05 = significant
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