Journal of Lipids / 2016 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Normal Non-HDL Cholesterol, Low Total Cholesterol, and HDL Cholesterol Levels in Sickle Cell Disease Patients in the Steady State: A Case-Control Study of Tema Metropolis Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of participants.
Variable Cases Controls Age (years) 0 .060 Gender 0.488 Male 11 (22.0) 14 (28.0) Female 39 (78.0) 36 (72.0) Age group, (%) 0.056 <10 2 (4.0) 2 (4.0) 10–19 33 (66.0) 20 (20.0) 20–29 15 (30.0) 19 (38.0) 30–39 0 (0.0) 9 (18.0) BMI (kg/m 2 ) 0 .002 BMI, (%) 0.077 Underweight 15 (30.0) 9 (18.0) Normal 30 (60.0) 26 (52.0) Overweight 4 (8.0) 11 (222.0) Obese 1 (2.0) 4 (8.0) Blood pressure (mmHg) SBP <0 .0001 DBP <0 .0001 Lipid profile TC (mmol/L) 0 .001 TG (mmol/L) 0.967 LDL-C (mmol/L) 0.299 VLDL-C (mmol/L) 0.108 HDL-C (mmol/L) <0 .0001 Non-HDL-C (mmol/L) 0.738 TG/HDL ratio 0.109
SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL-C: very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
