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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Lipid profiles in adolescents with and without asthma: Korea National Health and nutrition examination survey data

 

Non-asthma group

Asthma group

P value

(n = 2718)a

(n = 123)a

Age (years)

15.0 ± 0.0

15.1 ± 0.2

0.8436

Male (%)b

53.3 (1.1)

67.3 (4.5)

0.0049

BMI (kg/m2)

21.0 ± 0.1

21.7 ± 0.5

0.1448

Waist circumference (cm)

70.8 ± 0.2

73.3 ± 1.3

0.0501

Systolic BP (mmHg)

107.2 ± 0.3

108.9 ± 1.2

0.1648

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

67.9 ± 0.2

69.7 ± 1.0

0.0823

Smoker, ever (%)

18.6 (0.9)

15.0 (4.4)

0.4536

Drinking, mild to moderate (%)

28.1 (1.1)

20.3 (4.3)

0.1077

Regular exercise (%)

29.8 (1.0)

32.8 (5.4)

0.5728

Income, lowest quartile (%)

15.0 (1.1)

9.7 (3.4)

0.1781

Rural area (%)b

17.4 (2.0)

9.2 (3.0)

0.0313

Sleep duration (hours)

7.2 ± 0.0

7.1 ± 0.2

0.6538

Energy intake (kcal)b

2104.6 ± 22.4

2306.0 ± 83.5

0.0195

Fat intake (%)b

22.5 ± 0.2

20.7 ± 0.7

0.0128

TC (mg/dL)

155.5 ± 0.7

160.5 ± 3.6

0.1679

TG (mg/dL)c

74.1 (72.3–76.1)

83.5 (73.7–94.5)

0.0656

HDL-C (mg/dL)

53.1 ± 0.3

51.1 ± 1.0

0.0529

LDL-C (mg/dL)

85.6 ± 0.6

89.9 ± 2.9

0.1352

NHDL-C (mg/dL)b

102.4 ± 0.7

109.4 ± 3.5

0.0499

TC/HDL-Cb

3.0 ± 0.0

3.2 ± 0.1

0.0142

LDL-C/HDL-Cb

1.7 ± 0.0

1.8 ± 0.1

0.0277

White blood cells (1000/uL)c

6 (6–6.1)

6.2 (5.8–6.6)

0.5115

Ferritin (ng/mL)c

32.4 (31.1–33.7)

36.3 (31.6–41.7)

0.1183

  1. BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure; TC total cholesterol; TG triglyceride; HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NHDL-C non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  2. aData are presented as means ± standard error (SE) or percentages and SE
  3. bP < 0.05
  4. cGeometric mean (95% confidence interval)