Prevalence of and risk factors for gallstones in Uighur and Han Chinese

Table 4 Analysis of general data in Han and Uygur patients with gallstones

Item	Uighur (n = 284)	Han (n = 956)	χ2or t	P value
Age	55.07 ± 13.65	53.23 ± 10.29	7.47	0.00
BMI	27.80 ± 3.68	26.00 ± 3.53	2.44	0.02
TG	2.00 ± 1.76	2.03 ± 1.21	0.30	0.76
TC	5.05 ± 1.00	4.84 ± 0.86	3.49	0.00
LDL	3.01 ± 0.77	2.72 ± 0.75	5.75	0.00
HDL	1.26 ± 0.24	1.29 ± 0.33	1.34	0.18
Fatty liver	52.11%	44.35%	5.31	0.02
Diabetes	5.63%	8.37%	2.92	0.13
Hypertension	28.17%	35.15%	4.78	0.03
Female/male	43.66%	36.40%	4.90	0.03

BMI: Body-mass index; TG: Triglycerides; TC: Total cholesterol; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; HDL: High-density lipoprotein.