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Table 2 Concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins (mmol/L) at three time points. Values are numbers, mean and 95% confidence interval (CI)

From: Lipid and lipoprotein concentrations during pregnancy and associations with ethnicity

 

Total

Western Europe

South Asia

Middle East

Africa

East Asia

Eastern Europe

 

n

Mean

(95%CI)

Mean

(95%CI)

Mean

(95%CI)

Mean

(95%CI)

Mean

(95%CI)

Mean

(95%CI)

Mean

(95%CI)

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

 Visit 1a

806

1.31

(1.28, 1.35)

1.26

(1.20, 1.31)

1.41*

(1.33, 1.48)

1.37

(1.28, 1.46)

1.04*

(0.90, 1.17)

1.62*

(1.46, 1.77)

1.23

(1.08, 1.39)

 Visit 2b

750

1.98

(1.93, 2.03)

1.98

(1.90, 2.05)

2.03

(1.93, 2.13)

1.98

(1.86, 2.11)

1.58*

(1.39, 1.77)

2.25

(2.04, 2.46)

1.99

(1.79, 2.20)

 Visit 3c

576

0.99

(0.95, 1.03)

0.92

(0.86, 0.99)

1.10*

(1.02, 1.18)

1.02

(0.92, 1.12)

0.74

(0.58, 0.89)

1.16*

(0.99, 1.32)

0.93

(0.77, 1.09)

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

 Visit 1a

806

1.73

(1.70, 1.75)

1.76

(1.72, 1.80)

1.65*

(1.60, 1.70)

1.68

(1.62, 1.74)

1.73

(1.63, 1.83)

1.81

(1.70, 1.92)

1.83

(1.72, 1.94)

 Visit 2b

750

1.92

(1.89, 1.95)

1.93

(1.88, 1.98)

1.87

(1.81, 1.93)

1.89

(1.81, 1.97)

1.88

(1.76, 2.00)

2.12

(1.98, 2.26)

1.97

(1.84, 2.11)

 Visit 3c

576

1.54

(1.51, 1.57)

1.60

(1.55, 1.65)

1.43*

(1.37, 1.49)

1.54

(1.47, 1.62)

1.67

(1.55, 1.79)

1.51

(1.39, 1.64)

1.52

(1.39, 1.64)

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

 Visit 1a

802

2.75

(2.69, 2.80)

2.74

(2.66, 2.83)

2.78

(2.67, 2.88)

2.75

(2.62, 2.88)

2.81

(2.62, 3.00)

2.43

(2.20, 2.65)

2.83

(2.61, 3.06)

 Visit 2b

739

3.45

(3.38, 3.53)

3.62

(3.51, 3.74)

3.31*

(3.17, 3.45)

3.28*

(3.10, 3.46)

3.40

(3.14, 3.67)

3.03*

(2.72, 3.34)

3.78

(3.48, 4.07)

 Visit 3c

575

3.07

(3.01, 3.14)

3.09

(2.98, 3.20)

3.13

(3.00, 3.26)

2.98

(2.82, 3.15)

2.95

(2.69, 3.21)

3.04

(2.75, 3.32)

3.10

(2.83, 3.38)

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

 Visit 1a

806

5.00

(4.94, 5.05)

5.01

(4.92, 5.11)

4.99

(4.87, 5.11)

4.97

(4.82, 5.12)

4.96

(4.74, 5.18)

4.89

(4.64, 5.14)

5.12

(4.87, 5.38)

 Visit 2b

750

6.18

(6.10, 6.26)

6.36

(6.24, 6.48)

6.02*

(5.86, 6.17)

5.93*

(5.73, 6.14)

5.92*

(5.62, 6.23)

6.14

(5.80, 6.48)

6.57

(6.24, 6.91)

 Visit 3c

576

5.02

(4.95, 5.10)

5.08

(4.96, 5.20)

5.01

(4.87, 5.15)

4.95

(4.77, 5.13)

4.92

(4.63, 5.21)

5.04

(4.73, 5.34)

5.01

(4.70, 5.31)

  1. aVisit 1: gestational age 15
  2. bVisit 2: gestational age 28
  3. cVisit 3: 14 weeks postpartum
  4. Adjustments for gestational age/weeks postpartum
  5. Ethnic groups that differed statistical significant (p < 0.004) from the Western European group (reference) are marked with*
  6. Statistics: Linear regression
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