Associations of gut microbiota with dyslipidemia based on sex differences in subjects from Northwestern China

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population

	Females					Males
	High TG	High CHO	Low HDL-C	Control	P value	High TG	High CHO	Low HDL-C	Control	P value
Number	13	13	17	30		10	2	26	31
Age (yr)	55 ± 8	56 ± 5	54 ± 16	52 ± 12	0.420	54 ± 12	58 ± 11	52 ± 12	56 ± 13	0.770
Height (cm)	155.0 ± 7.2	147.0 ± 5.8	153.6 ± 5.4	154.3 ± 4.8	0.001a	164.7 ± 6.2	160.0 ± 1.2	166.8 ± 5.4	164.8 ± 6.1	0.300
Weight (kg)	61.6 ± 9.3	53.6 ± 8.6	55.0 ± 9.2	55.3 ± 8.8	0.102	65.8 ± 9.0	56.2 ± 4.9	65.0 ± 8.3	61.0 ± 10.5	0.231
WC (cm)	90.2 ± 9.6	85.4 ± 7.2	82.3 ± 7.8	82.4 ± 8.6	0.035a	88.3 ± 6.1	75.2 ± 9.5	87.0 ± 8.2	83.1 ± 8.8	0.066
BMI (kg/m2)	25.7 ± 3.7	24.7 ± 3.3	23.3 ± 3.2	23.2 ± 3.2	0.103	24.2 ± 3.0	22.0 ± 2.2	23.3 ± 2.8	22.4 ± 3.6	0.403
WHR	0.58 ± 0.07	0.58 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.06	0.53 ± 0.06	0.017a	0.54 ± 0.03	0.47 ± 0.06	0.52 ± 0.05	0.50 ± 0.50	0.153
SBP (mmHg)	141 ± 17	139 ± 17	125 ± 19	129 ± 25	0.127	137 ± 23	136 ± 12	128 ± 21	134 ± 18	0.569
DBP (mmHg)	82 ± 10	78 ± 8	73 ± 9	76 ± 11	0.110	84 ± 12	80 ± 5	78 ± 11	81 ± 10	0.509
FPG (mmol/L)	5.00 ± 1.33	4.96 ± 0.57	5.48 ± 1.17	4.90 ± 0.59	0.346	5.05 ± 0.73	4.85 ± 2.23	4.81 ± 0.80	4.97 ± 1.10	0.895
TG (mmol/L)	2.15 ± 0.48	1.40 ± 0.22	1.01 ± 0.31	1.21 ± 0.33	< 0.001a	4.04 ± 0.86	5.75 ± 0.65	3.07 ± 0.76	3.97 ± 0.55	0.012a
TC (mmol/L)	4.31 ± 0.50	5.58 ± 0.43	2.57 ± 0.63	0.41 ± 0.67	< 0.001a	2.01 ± 0.68	4.26 ± 0.95	1.77 ± 0.54	2.19 ± 0.45	< 0.001a
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.16 ± 0.43	3.44±0.49	1.51 ± 0.56	2.25 ± 0.56	< 0.001a	1.13 ± 0.09	1.20 ± 0.27	0.79 ± 0.14	1.48 ± 0.32	0.001a
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.29 ± 0.23	1.75±0.31	0.77 ± 0.15	1.50 ± 0.36	< 0.001a	2.98 ± 0.78	4.55 ± 0.92	2.28 ± 0.69	2.49 ± 0.54	< 0.001a
CVAI	113.63 ± 25.96	94.16 ± 19.92	86.84 ± 32.86	76.30 ± 37.05	0.008a	112.13 ± 26.62	54.08 ± 53.32	103.91 ± 36.87	78.76 ± 38.08	0.011a

^aP < 0.05.

Data are presented as mean ± SD. P values are from the variance analysis (ANOVA) or Welch’s ANOVA depending on the homogeneity of variance. CHO: Cholesterol; WC: Waist circumference; BMI: Body mass index; WHR: Waist circumference/height ratio; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose; TG: Triglyceride; TC: Total cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CVAI: Chinese visceral adiposity index.