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Table 1 Blood glucose and lipidaemic profiles of University of Crete medical students

From: Overweight and obesity in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among medical students in Crete, Greece

 

Men1

Women2

 
 

Mean ± S.D.3

p-value4

BG (mmol/l)

4.73 ± 0.59

4.59 ± 0.56

<0.001

TC (mmol/l)

4.65 ± 0.91

4.63 ± 0.87

NS5

TG (mmol/l)

0.83 ± 0.43

0.66 ± 0.28

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.19 ± 0.30

1.44 ± 0.35

<0.001

LDL-C (mmol/l)

3.01 ± 0.86

2.86 ± 0.82

0.010

TC:HDL-C

4.12 ± 1.30

3.40 ± 1.02

<0.001

  1. 1 N = 527 except for BG analysis where N = 412. 2 N = 462 except for BG analysis where N = 346. 3 Standard deviation. 4 ANCOVA (adjusting for the year of examination) for differences between the two genders. 5 Not significant.
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