Effect of apolipoprotein E gene Hha I restricting fragment length polymorphism on serum lipids in cholecystolithiasis

Table 3 The comparisons of lipid levels in E_3/3 same gender ei ther gallstone patients or controls

Lipids (mmol/L)	Male		Female
	Patients (n = 31)	Controls (n = 20)	Patients (n = 38)	Controls (n = 17)
TG	0.85 ± 0.50	0.53 ± 0.22	1.10 ± 0.30	0.72 ± 0.57
TC	3.05 ± 0.44	0.41 ± 0.57	3.23 ± 0.85	3.87 ± 0.63
LDL-C	1.86 ± 0.68	2.71 ± 0.49	1.89 ± 0.86	2.20 ± 0.56
VLDL-C	0.40 ± 0.24	0.25 ± 0.10	0.52 ± 0.14	0.35 ± 0.17
HDL-C	0.94 ± 0.33	1.21 ± 0.28	0.82 ± 0.27b	1.33 ± 0.19
HDL2-C	0.52 ± 0.22	0.69 ± 0.16	0.46 ± 0.15b	0.77 ± 0.10
HDL3-C	0.42 ± 0.12	0.52 ± 0.13	0.36 ± 0.12b	0.57 ± 0.10

^bP < 0.01, vs controls, F test.