Table 3 Control of blood lipids by coronary plaque and gender groups
No plaque | Soft plaque | Calcified plaque | Total | P-value1 | P-value2 | Pairwise difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | |||||||
Total cholesterol | 561 (64.0%) | 78 (62.9%) | 353 (71.3%) | 992 (66.3%) | 0.015 | 0.453 | B |
LDL cholesterol | 216 (27.9%) | 30 (25.0%) | 126 (26.3%) | 372 (27.1%) | 0.721 | 0.005 | |
HDL cholesterol | 602 (70.7%) | 65 (52.4%) | 297 (60.1%) | 964 (65.6%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | A, B |
Triglycerides | 570 (65.0%) | 69 (55.6%) | 315 (63.9%) | 954 (63.9%) | 0.128 | < 0.001 | |
Females | |||||||
Total cholesterol | 440 (67.2%) | 46 (73.0%) | 139 (68.1%) | 625 (67.8%) | 0.634 | 0.453 | |
LDL cholesterol | 219 (35.0%) | 18 (29.5%) | 52 (26.1%) | 289 (32.6%) | 0.059 | 0.005 | |
HDL cholesterol | 321 (50.6%) | 24 (38.1%) | 98 (48.0%) | 443 (49.1%) | 0.159 | < 0.001 | |
Triglycerides | 482 (73.7%) | 42 (66.7%) | 138 (67.6%) | 662 (71.9%) | 0.155 | < 0.001 | |
Total | |||||||
Total cholesterol | 1001 (65.3%) | 124 (66.3%) | 492 (70.4%) | 1617 (66.9%) | 0.062 | ||
LDL cholesterol | 435 (31.0%) | 48 (26.5%) | 178 (26.3%) | 661 (29.2%) | 0.055 | ||
HDL cholesterol | 923 (62.1%) | 89 (47.6%) | 395 (56.6%) | 1407 (59.3%) | < 0.001 | A, B | |
Triglycerides | 1052 (68.7%) | 111 (59.4%) | 453 (65.0%) | 1616 (66.9%) | 0.016 | A | |