Effect of the 3'APOB-VNTR polymorphism on the lipid profiles in the Guangxi Hei Yi Zhuang and Han populations

BMC Medical Genetics

Table 5 Effects of HVE32, HVE34, and HVE36 alleles on the lipid and apolipoprotein levels between the Hei Yi Zhuang and Han populations

Nationality/Allele	n	TC (mmol/L)	TG (mmol/L)	HDL-C (mmol/L)	LDL-C (mmol/L)	Apo A1 (g/L)	Apo B (g/L)
Hei Yi Zhuang
HVE32	214	3.98 ± 0.78	0.99 ± 0.48	2.47 ± 0.71	1.96 ± 0.55	1.43 ± 0.15	0.78 ± 0.20
HVE34	170	4.36 ± 0.91^##	1.16 ± 0.52^##	2.26 ± 0.68^##	2.14 ± 0.64^##	1.42 ± 0.14	0.91 ± 0.23^##
HVE36	102	4.14 ± 0.73^†	1.23 ± 0.46^##	2.13 ± 0.59^##	2.18 ± 0.57^##	1.41 ± 0.11	0.86 ± 0.22^##
F	--	10.221	10.241	9.955	0.231	0.751	17.741
P	--	<0.001	<0.001	<0.05	>0.05	>0.05	<0.001
Han Nationality
HVE32	158	4.79 ± 1.02**	1.10 ± 0.74	2.52 ± 0.75	1.97 ± 0.65	1.43 ± 0.13	0.89 ± 0.20**
HVE34	182	4.54 ± 0.89^#	1.23 ± 0.65	2.41 ± 0.80	2.32 ± 0.73^##*	1.45 ± 0.15	0.94 ± 0.23
HVE36	102	4.72 ± 0.96**	1.36 ± 0.77^#	2.35 ± 0.71*	2.24 ± 0.64^##	1.44 ± 0.14	0.90 ± 0.21
F	--	3.078	4.220	1.714	11.716	0.854	2.471
P	--	<0.05	<0.05	>0.05	<0.001	>0.05	>0.05

TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Apo A1, apolipoprotein A1; Apo B, apolipoprotein B; ^# P < 0.05 and ^## P < 0.01 in comparison with HVE32 allele; ^† P < 0.05 in comparison with HVE34 allele; *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 in comparison with Hei Yi Zhuang

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