Relationship between Serum Vitamin D Levels and HDL Cholesterol in Postmenopausal Women from Colombian Caribbean

Table 1

Anthropometrics and biochemical characteristics and blood pressure of the studied women population.

Variables	Total	Population by municipalities				value
	Population	Baranoa	Malambo	Sabana Larga	Santo Tomas
Population (n)	183	43	44	40	56
Age (años)	64.21 ± 6.12	64.53 ± 5.51	63.68 ± 5.39	65.30 ± 6.40	63.59 ± 6.90	0.517
Height (cm)	156.46 ± 7.76	155.49 ± 5.65^ab	154.82 ± 11.51^a	156.78 ± 6.51^ab	158.27 ± 5.93^b	0.124
Weight (kg)	72.79 ± 12.64	68.74 ± 8.49^a	76.93 ± 11.77^b	73.21 ± 14.93^ab	72.34 ± 13.45^ab	0.024
BMI	29.86 ± 5.86	28.46 ± 3.42^a	32.71 ± 8.28^b	29.65 ± 4.85^a	28.85 ± 5.02^a	0.001
Ab. perimeter (cm)	100.96 ± 9.43	100.70 ± 8.78^ab	102.66 ± 9.10^a	98.23 ± 11.21^b	101.77 ± 8.55^ab	0.155
Glycemia (mg/dL)	92.04 ± 28.93	82.95 ± 22.10^a	88.72 ± 24.51^ab	94.17 ± 35.88^ab	100.03 ± 29.53^b	0.024
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	183.74 ± 48.55	170.98 ± 40.90^a	199.62 ± 58.29^b	186.08 ± 34.88^ab	179.39 ± 51.48^a	0.040
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	182.18 ± 70.89	192.23 ± 78.89	184.72 ± 77.02	164.10 ± 63.58	185.39 ± 63.54	0.305
HDL (mg/dL)	51.67 ± 11.53	43.59 ± 9.53^a	53.17 ± 11.10^bc	51.48 ± 7.71^b	56.85 ± 12.31^c	0.000
LDL (mg/dL)	95.63 ± 40.61	88.94 ± 33.10^ac	109.51 ± 48.15^b	101.78 ± 29.86^ab	85.47 ± 43.07^c	0.012
BP-systolic	125.73 ± 12.22	125.95 ± 10.16^ab	124.64 ± 12.45^ab	122.75 ± 7.16^a	128.55 ± 15.56^b	0.124
BP-diastolic	78.14 ± 7.33	76.84 ± 5.13^ab	75.66 ± 8.26^a	78.80 ± 5.87^bc	80.61 ± 8.19^c	0.003
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	26.33 ± 9.07	19.96 ± 4.14^a	32.49 ± 10.07^b	20.61 ± 4.40^a	30.47 ± 7.93^b	0.000

The average values ± standard deviation of the age, height, weight, BMI, Ab. perimeter, basal glycemia, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, blood pressure, and serum vitamin D levels of the total population and by municipalities are shown. is the value of statistical significance of the comparison (ANOVA test) between municipalities that is representative if it is less than 0.05. The averages in the same row that does not share the same letter of superscript are different. BMI = body mass index; Ab. perimeter = abdominal perimeter; BP = blood pressure in mmHg.