Association of the Apolipoprotein A5 Gene −1131T>C Polymorphism with Serum Lipids in Korean Subjects: Impact of Sasang Constitution
Table 4
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the study subjects according to SCG.
Variables
Mean ± SD
P-valuea
P-valueb
SY
SE
TE
Male ()
Female ()
Total ()
P-valuec
Male ()
Female ()
Total ()
P-valuec
Male ()
Female ()
Total ()
P-valuec
Age (years)
49.39 ± 14.07
46.91 ± 14.65
47.76 ± 14.49
0.058
44.14 ± 15.89
46.65 ± 14.63
45.77 ± 15.11
0.111
47.32 ± 14.77
51.44 ± 14.86
49.78 ± 14.95
4.6204
8.5505
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BMI (kg/m2)
23.68 ± 3.03
22.4 ± 2.7
22.84 ± 2.88
7.0707
21.52 ± 2.78
21.33 ± 2.56
21.4 ± 2.63
0.48
25.57 ± 2.86
25.26 ± 3.31
25.39 ± 3.14
0.208
4.0997
7.6392
FBG (mg/dL)
104.25 ± 31.39
96.46 ± 28.72
99.11 ± 29.86
0.004
97.09 ± 25.15
91.4 ± 13.4
93.38 ± 18.53
0.003
103.28 ± 32.09
99.82 ± 27.79
101.21 ± 29.62
0.139
2.9205
7.5804
HDL-C (mg/dL)
41.81 ± 10.81
49.21 ± 11.78
46.67 ± 11.98
2.9212
45.05 ± 10.09
51.34 ± 11.99
49.15 ± 11.74
1.8407
39.85 ± 9.34
46.41 ± 11.69
43.78 ± 11.27
5.4914
1.1912
1.5709
LDL-C (mg/dL)
103.41 ± 29.5
105.76 ± 29.37
104.96 ± 29.41
0.378
101.81 ± 26.97
101.5 ± 28.06
101.61 ± 27.65
0.916
109.99 ± 29.53
111.77 ± 30.95
111.05 ± 30.38
0.457
6.5807
1.0805
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
183.85 ± 33.74
188.81 ± 33.65
187.12 ± 33.73
0.104
179.27 ± 32.17
183.86 ± 31.48
182.26 ± 31.76
0.166
189.19 ± 34.67
194.9 ± 35.69
192.61 ± 35.37
0.041
5.9706
3.7705
TG (mg/dL)
158.58 ± 104.8
114.1 ± 67.92
129.25 ± 84.93
4.0109
111.72 ± 58.15
96.5 ± 49.36
101.8 ± 53.02
0.006
164.82 ± 102.87
134.77 ± 84.02
146.83 ± 93.14
3.9805
7.0017
1.1113
Values are indicated as the mean ± standard deviation. P-valuea: analysis of variance (ANOVA) result. P-valueb: analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) result. P-valuec: Student's -test result. Abbreviations: SY, So-Yang; SE, So-Eum; TE, Tae-Eum; BMI, body mass index; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.