Table 2 The correlation of lipid levels between baseline and follow-up among participants without use of lipid-lowering drugs (N = 6,409).

From: The cross-sectional and longitudinal effect of hyperlipidemia on knee osteoarthritis: Results from the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort in China

Variables

Baseline lipid levels Median (5%–95% quantile)

Follow-up lipid levels Median (5%–95% quantile)

Spearman correlation coefficient (95% CI)

p-value

TG

1.11 (0.50–2.74)

1.23 (0.69–2.97)

0.61 (0.60–0.63)

<0.0001*

TC

5.10 (3.75–6.71)

4.87 (3.42–6.57)

0.63 (0.62–0.65)

<0.0001*

LDL-C

2.93 (1.80–4.25)

2.75 (1.50–4.14)

0.62 (0.60–0.63)

<0.0001*

HDL-C

1.43 (0.97–2.13)

1.38 (0.94–2.05)

0.70 (0.68–0.71)

<0.0001*

  1. TC: total cholesterol. TG: triglyceride. LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. *p-value < 0.05.
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