Table 2 Risk of dyslipidemia among famine exposed cohorts compared with the non-exposed cohort

Elevated TC ≥ 6.216 mmol/L; 240 mg/dL (%)

4.3

7.5

6.9

7.5

   P ^a

0.006

0.035

0.009

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^a

Ref.

1.83 (1.19–2.81)

1.67 (1.04–2.68)

1.83 (1.16–2.89)

   P ^b

0.007

0.028

0.006

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^b

Ref.

1.80 (1.17–2.77)

1.71 (1.06–2.75)

1.89 (1.23–2.31)

Low HDL cholesterol <1.036 mmol/L; 40 mg/dL (%)

15.9

18.9

16.6

15.7

   P ^a

0.111

0.744

0.922

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^a

Ref.

1.23 (0.95–1.60)

1.05 (0.78–1.41)

0.92 (0.74–1.32)

   P ^b

0.152

0.867

0.816

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^b

Ref.

1.21 (0.93–1.56)

1.03 (0.76–1.38)

0.97 (0.72–1.29)

Elevated TG ≥ 2.25 mmol/L; 200 mg/dL (%)

10.1

12.8

10.1

10.1

   P ^a

0.088

0.989

0.977

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^a

Ref.

1.31 (0.96–1.78)

1.00 (0.70–1.43)

1.00 (0.70–1.41)

   P ^b

0.136

0.919

0.924

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^b

Ref.

1.27 (0.93–1.72)

0.92 (0.68–1.41)

0.98 (0.69–1.40)

Elevated LDL cholesterol ≥4.138 mmol/L; 260 mg/dL (%)

3.4

7.3

6.0

6.4

   P ^a

0.001

0.026

0.010

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^a

Ref.

2.23 (1.40–3.53)

1.80 (1.07–3.03)

1.93 (1.17–3.18)

   P ^b

0.001

0.022

0.008

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^b

Ref.

2.20 (1.38–3.49)

1.84 (1.09–3.10)

1.98 (1.20–3.27)

Prevalence dyslipidemia: TC/HDL cholesterol Ratio > 5 or self-report dyslipidemia (%)

15.7

23.1

22.0

18.6

   P ^a

<0.001

0.003

0.151

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^a

Ref.

1.62 (1.27–2.09)

1.53 (1.16–2.02)

1.23 (0.93–1.62)

   P ^b

<0.001

0.003

0.169

 Odds ratio (95% CI)^b

Ref.

1.58 (1.23–2.03)

1.52 (1.15–2.00)

1.22 (0.92–1.61)