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Table 3 Lipid and lipoprotein levels (mg/dl), and body mass index (kg/m2) according to the APOE genotypes and sex

From: Birth weight and blood lipid levels in Spanish adolescents: Influence of selected APOE, APOC3 and PPARgamma2 gene polymorphisms. The AVENA Study

 

Males (n = 260)

Females (n = 242)

Genotype

ε2/ε3

ε3/ε3

ε3/ε4

P value

ε2/ε3

ε3/ε3

ε3/ε4

P value

n (%)

22 (8.5)

186 (71.6)

52 (19.9)

 

21 (8.5)

175 (72.6)

46 (18.9)

 

TC**

144.2* ± 34.4

157.9 ± 24.8

160.6 ± 26.8

<0.05

160.8 ± 24.7

169.1 ± 25.1

177.0 ± 30.8

NS

HDLc**

53.0 ± 8.6

51.4 ± 9.6

49.8 ± 10.3

NS

65.5* ± 11.1

58.6 ± 11.0

58.5 ± 13.1

NS

LDLc**

77.2 ± 28.6

92.7 ± 22.9

95.3 ± 23.8

<0.01

83.2 ± 24.7

97.5 ± 21.9

103.4 ± 26.1

<0.01

TG**

69.7 ± 28.7

69.4 ± 28.1

77.5 ± 39.0

NS

60.4 ± 22.1

64.4 ± 26.1

68.0 ± 30.0

NS

apoA**

115.9 ± 15.6

118.1 ± 17.3

114.5 ± 16.3

NS

141.7 ± 15.6

125.7 ± 17.9

128.9 ± 23.3

<0.01

apoB**

55.6 ± 15.8

68.0 ± 13.0

68.8 ± 16.4

<0.001

59.3 ± 11.7

70.1 ± 12.9

73.9 ± 16.1

<0.001

Lp(a)**

23.1 ± 33.4

31.0 ± 35.1

33.1 ± 41.9

NS

14.3 ± 15.3

33.0 ± 40.3

37.6 ± 38.5

NS

TC-HDLc

91.1* ± 31.6

106.6 ± 24.3

110.8 ± 27.7

<0.01

95.3* ± 25.5

110.4 ± 24.0

118.5 ± 30.5

<0.01

TC/HDLc

2.7* ± 0.7

3.2 ± 0.7

3.4 ± 0.9

<0.01

2.5* ± 0.7

3.0 ± 0.6

3.1 ± 0.8

<0.01

apoB/apoA

0.5* ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.2

<0.01

0.4 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.2

<0.001

BMI

20.9 ± 3.9

22.2 ± 3.8

22.4 ± 4.0

NS

21.5 ± 3.9

21.7 ± 3.6

21.8 ± 3.4

NS

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, otherwise stated.
  2. P value from ANOVA, adjusted for mass significance.
  3. *P < 0.05; P < 0.01 for ε2/ε3 vs ε3/ε3 (Tukey test).
  4. TC indicates total cholesterol; HDLc, high density liprotein cholesterol; LDLc, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; Apo, apolipoprotein; Lp(a), lipoprotein (a); BMI, body mass index; NS, not significant.
  5. **Analyses were performed on log transformed data, but non-transformed data are presented in the table.