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Table 2 Mean lipid levels by sex and racial/ethnic group in the PAGE study

From: Investigation of gene-by-sex interactions for lipid traits in diverse populations from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study

Lipid

Sex

Mean lipid levels (in mg/dL) and cohort ranges*

  

European Americans

African Americans

Mexican Americans/Hispanics

American Indians

HDL-C

Male

44.2 (42.6, 49.7)

51.6 (50.4, 53.4)

45.4 (44.9, 48.4)

43.0 (41.9, 43.9)

Female

57.5 (56.3, 64.3)

57.4 (55.1, 64.2)

52.7 (51.7, 56.0)

48.0 (45.3, 53.1)

LDL-C

Male

131.4 (111.8, 140.1)

124.5 (108.8, 137.8)

124.0 (118.1, 125.0)

109.4 (97.8, 116.6)

Female

130.7 (105.7, 135.5)

128.6 (111.7, 138.0)

121.4 (117.0, 128.9)

108.4 (99.3, 126.1)

lnTG

Male

4.80 (4.32, 4.88)

4.48 (4.11, 4.63)

4.90 (4.89, 4.95)

4.79 (4.71, 4.85)

 

Female

4.79 (4.14, 4.98)

4.51 (4.05, 4.70)

4.94 (4.88, 5.09)

4.82 (4.79, 4.96)

  1. *Ranges are provided for cohort means, not for individuals. For example, for European American males, the cohorts’ mean HDL values ranged from 42.6 (in ARIC) to 49.7 (in MEC). See Additional file 1: Table S1 for detailed information by cohort.