Comparison of various formulae for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by a combination of ages and genders in Taiwanese adults

Table 2 Baseline characteristics of lipid profile

	TC	HDL-C	LDL-C	TG
	Whole set of the data (n = 3532)
Mean	183.8	49.9	112.1	159.3
SD	40.1	15.3	34.3	110.3
Min.	57	3	20	22
Max.	569	126	444	1252
Q₁	157	39	89	90
Median	181	48	110	130
Q₃	208	58	132	192
	Cases with TG ≤ 400 (n = 3395)
Mean	182	50.4	111.8	143.8
SD	38.4	15.3	33.6	73.6
Min.	57	3	20	22
Max.	395	126	312	399
Q₁	156	40	89	89
Median	179	48	110	125
Q₃	205	59	132	182
	Cases with TG > 400 (n = 137)
Mean	227.4	38.6	119.2	544.8
SD	54.2	10.1	49.7	158.1
Min	120	8	36	401
Max	569	73	444	1252
Q₁	191	33	88	438
Median	223	38	115	486
Q₃	252	44	140	594

TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, HDL-C high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, TG triglyceride.
SD standard deviation, Min. minimum, Max. maximum, Q1 25% quartile, Q3 75% quartile.
All the units of lipid profile are mg/dL.

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