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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the main variables in women, men and in the total sample.

From: Fetal and life course origins of serum lipids in mid-adulthood: results from a prospective cohort study

Variable

Women

Men

Total sample

 

Estimate

N

Estimate

N

Estimate

N

P value1

Exposures

       

Birth weight (kg)

3.30 (0.53)

473

3.47 (0.60)

517

3.39 (0.57)

990

< .001

Cumulative low SES

1.64 (1.32)

461

1.91 (1.41)

503

1.78 (1.38)

964

.003

Cumulative adversity

6.52 (3.50)

482

5.65 (3.14)

521

6.07 (3.34)

1003

< .001

High alcohol, n(%)

38 (8.0)

477

64 (12.5)

510

102 (10.3)

987

.018

Smoking, n(%)

113 (23.7)

477

90 (17.7)

508

203 (20.6)

985

.021

Snuff use, n(%)

62 (13.0)

478

156 (31.1)

502

218 (22.2)

980

< .001

Outcomes

       

Dyslipidemia, n(%)

143 (33.7)

424

212 (46.7)

454

355 (40.4)

878

< .001

Total cholesterol

5.21 (0.93)

424

5.50 (0.99)

462

5.36 (0.98)

886

< .001

Triglycerides2

1.07 (0.61)

423

1.71 (1.28)

455

1.40 (1.06)

878

< .001

HDL cholesterol

1.52 (0.37)

422

1.20 (0.32)

453

1.35 (0.38)

875

< .001

LDL cholesterol

3.19 (0.80)

420

3.54 (0.87)

433

3.36 (0.86)

853

< .001

Apo A1

1500 (253)

417

1365 (199)

445

1431 (236)

862

< .001

Apo B

914 (215)

417

1034 (231)

445

976 (231)

862

< .001

  1. Estimates are mean (standard deviation) if not noted otherwise.
  2. 1 Comparison between women and men; χ2 test or t test.
  3. 2 Descriptive statistics based on untransformed concentrations