Reduced serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and aberrantly expressed cholesterol metabolism genes in colorectal cancer

Table 1 Factors related to serum cholesterol levels in patients with colorectal cancer

Project	Gender	Age (60 year)	BMI (24 kg/m2)	Smoking	Drinking	Stage	Tumor size (5 cm)
TC	0.001	0.373	0.502	0.575	0.606	0.448	0.360
TG	0.188	0.912	< 0.001	0.917	0.378	0.768	0.852
HDL-C	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.008	0.496	0.042	0.016
LDL-C	0.027	0.498	0.078	0.630	0.879	0.250	0.929
TC/LDL-C	0.544	0.575	0.118	0.755	0.750	0.797	0.259
TC/HDL-C	0.031	0.001	< 0.001	0.020	0.099	0.008	0.019
LDL-C/HDL-C	0.067	0.014	< 0.001	0.075	0.254	0.018	0.008

TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.