Table 1 Demographic characteristic and lipid profile of healthy controls and Parkinson’s disease patients.

From: Serum lipid profile among sporadic and familial forms of Parkinson’s disease

 

Healthy controls (n = 420)

PD (n = 300)

P value

Sex (% males)

52.14 %

58.31 %

0.09

Age (y), mean ± SD

58.77 ± 16.01

65.07 ± 11.83

<0.005

TC (mg/dl), mean ± SD

202.15 ± 38.11

194.84 ± 41.35

0.029*

HDL (mg/dl), mean ± SD

58.37 ± 17.25

58.96 ± 16.61

0.69

LDL (mg/dl), mean ± SD

127.49 ± 30.44

124.9 ± 38.73

0.49

TG (mg/dl), mean ± SD

115.59 ± 70.14

103.03 ± 57.68

0.006*

  1. TC total cholesterol, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides
  2. PD Parkinson’s disease patients, SD standard deviation.
  3. *<0.05 after adjusting by sex and age.
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