Impact of Serum Nutritional Status on Physical Function in African American and Caucasian Stroke Survivors

Table 2

Serum nutritional profiles of African American NHANES versus stroke survivors.

	Reference value	African American		Caucasian
		Stroke survivors	NHANES	Stroke survivors	NHANES
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
Males	<200	170 ± 5 ()	211 ± 1^‡	171 ± 6 ()	212 ± 1^‡
Females	<200	188 ± 5 ()	221 ± 1^‡	195 ± 6 ()	228 ± 1^‡
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
Males	<150	107 ± 7 ()	142 ± 4^‡	121 ± 7 ()	171 ± 3^‡
Females	<150	98 ± 6 ()	126 ± 3^‡	137 ± 10^** ()	163 ± 3
LDL-C (mg/dL)
Males	<100	105 ± 4 ()	136 ± 2^‡	106 ± 6 ()	137 ± 1^‡
Females	<100	114 ± 4 ()	139 ± 2^‡	119 ± 6 ()	140 ± 1^‡
HDL-C (mg/dL)
Males	>40	43 ± 2 ()	52 ± 1^‡	40 ± 1 ()	45 ± 1^‡
Females	>50	54 ± 2 ()	57 ± 1	48 ± 2^* ()	55 ± 1^‡
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
Males	>14	13.1 ± 0.2 ()	14.1 ± 0.04^‡	13.4 ± 0.3 ()	14.8 ± 0.03^‡
Females	>12	12.2 ± 0.31 ()	12.6 ± 0.04	12.7 ± 0.46 ()	13.5 ± 0.02^†
Uric acid (mg/dL)
Males	>7	6.36 ± 0.17 ()	6.40 ± 0.05	5.75 ± 0.17^** ()	6.06 ± 0.03^†
Females	>6	5.78 ± 0.20 ()	5.29 ± 0.05^‡	5.20 ± 0.26^* ()	5.04 ± 0.03
Albumin (g/dL)
Males	>3.5	3.9 ± 0.03 ()	4.0 ± 0.01^‡	3.9 ± 0.05 (	4.2 ± 0.01^‡
Females	>3.5	3.7 ± 0.04 ()	3.9 ± 0.01^‡	3.9 ± 0.03^** ()	4.0 ± 0.01^†

Mean ± SEM. ; : significantly different from African American stroke survivors. ; : significantly different from stroke survivors of the same race.