Variations of Lipoprotein(a) Levels in the Metabolic Syndrome: A Report from the Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study

Table 2

Clinical and biochemical parameters evaluated by gender. The Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study, 2013.

	Females (𝑛=999)	Males (𝑛=808)	𝑃^∗
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age (years)	40.1±15.3	38.1±15.5	0.003
Waist circumference (cm)	91.0±14.1	98.8±15.9	1.73×10^−27
Basal glycemia (mg/dL)	98.5±31.2	101.4±33.8	0.018
Insulin (UI/mL)	15.1±9.7	15.6±10.0	0.729
HOMA2-IR	2.3±1.4	2.4±1.5	0.540
TAG (mg/dL)	115.1±85.4	142.9±116.5	3.83×10^−11
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	192.0±43.5	185.9±47.8	0.001
Corrected total cholesterol (mg/dL)	183.7±43.0	177.8±47.6	0.001
HDL-C (mg/dL)	46.9±11.8	41.2±11.8	8.77×10^−28
LDL-C (mg/dL)	122.1±37.0	117.1±39.1	0.001
Corrected LDL-C (mg/dL)	113.8±36.5	109.2±38.8	0.004
SBP (mmHg)	117.2±17.0	122.9±15.9	1.18×10^−14
DBP (mmHg)	75.4±10.8	79.3±11.5	1.32×10^−13
hs-CRP (mg/L)^‡	0.40 (0.16–0.84)	0.43 (0.20–0.74)	0.387

∗Student’s 𝑡-test (after logarithmic transformation).
^‡Values expressed as median (interquartile range). Comparison: Mann-Whitney’s 𝑈 test.
SD: standard deviation; TAGs: triacylglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; hs-CRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein.