Serum lipid profile and its association with hypertension in Bangladesh

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Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents

Indicators	Total (n=234) mean (SD)	Ranges	Male (n=128) mean (SD)	Female (n=106) mean (SD)	P-value
Age (in years)	44.70 (5.71)	(38–51)	46.21 (4.48)	43.19 (6.14)	0.278
Height (meter)	1.55 (0.58)	(1–2.03)	1.49 (0.49)	1.61 (0.63)	0.061
Education (in years)	7 (3.01)	(0–12)	8 (2.99)	6 (3.26)	0.872
Weight (kg)	60.57 (7.21)	(41–72)	69.21 (6.36)	51.93 (8.11)	0.074
WC (cm)	83.53 (6.3)	(64–91)	88.89 (5.55)	78.17 (6.35)	0.051
BMI	25.21 (3.81)	(21–28)	25.88 (3.61)	24.54 (2.97)	0.022
SBP (mmHg)	137.94 (9.58)	(107–153)	139.12 (11.23)	136.76 (10.22)	0.047
DBP (mmHg)	94.42 (8.81)	(86–111)	92.14 (7.58)	96.7 (8.39)	0.012
Total cholesterol	221.87 (4.14)	(211–229)	224 (4.85)	219.74 (3.94)	0.032
Triglyceride	166.53 (7.38)	(152–174)	169.21 (6.58)	163.85 (6.97)	0.004
HDL	42.21 (3.68)	(37–46)	46.21 (4.01)	38.21 (3.33)	0.001
LDL	138.15 (5.25)	(131–144)	141.11 (4.69)	135.19 (3.74)	0.014

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; WC, waist circumference.

Table 2 Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of participants

Indicators	Hypertensive =159		Normotensive =75		P-value
	Mean (SD)	95% CI	Mean (SD)	95% CI
Age (in years)	47.67 (4.15)	45.48–49.86	38.39 (3.69)	35.53–41.24	0.001
Height (meter)	1.55 (0.54)	1.53–1.57	1.66 (0.59)	1.34–1.73	0.001
Weight (kg)	62.32 (6.33)	60.41–64.23	56.87 (7.78)	54.09–59.65	0.001
WC (cm)	86.01 (5.89)	84.25–87.76	78.27 (6.14)	75.40–81.13	0.001
BMI	25.98 (3.39)	25.10–26.85	23.58 (2.64)	22.58–24.59	0.001
SBP (mmHg)	146.77 (8.51)	141.11–151.42	119.21 (9.31)	117.42–23.01	0.001
DBP (mmHg)	98.92 (7.26)	94.49–101.36	84.89 (5.29)	81.17–87.61	0.001
Total cholesterol	238.31 (3.39)	221.01–242.5	187.01 (6.25)	181.52–191.51	0.001
Triglyceride	178.34 (6.31)	171.51–181.1	141.48 (11.29)	138.82–143.13	0.001
HDL	41.24 (3.22)	39.13–46.35	44.28 (5.63)	42.65–49.91	0.001
LDL	151.28 (7.77)	148.23–155.3	110.31 (6.34)	107.65–114.96	0.001
Male n (%)	113 (71)		32 (42)		0.002*
Smoking n (%)	57 (36)		16 (21)		0.258*

Note:

* Represents proportion test.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; WC, waist circumference.

Table 3 Binary logistic regression analysis for hypertensive and normotensive participants

Indicators	Odds ratio	Confidence interval	P-value
Total cholesterol (<200 mg/dL)	1.12	0.91–1.77	0.002
Triglyceride (<150 mg/dL)	1.13	0.49–1.44	0.048
HDL (60 mg/dL)	1.08	0.77–1.52	0.031
LDL (<100 mg/dL)	1.24	0.69–1.66	0.001
Sex (male)	0.98	0.41–1.12	0.221
SBP (<140 mmHg)	1.17	0.78–2.11	0.054
DBP (<90 mmHg)	1.74	0.33–3.29	0.044

Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure.