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Table 4 Serum lipids of patients with multiple sclerosis and control subjects

From: Vascular dysfunction and dyslipidemia in multiple sclerosis: are they correlated with disease duration and disability status?

 

Patients (n = 50)

mean (SD)

Controls (n = 50)

mean (SD)

P-value

T-cholesterol (mg/dl)

165.86 (41.13)

151.46 (26.66)

0.041*

TGs (mg/dl)

139.95 (57.54)

120.18 (20.13)

0.025*

HDL-C (mg/dl)

46.95 (6.3)

49.77 (3.49)

0.007*

LDL-C (mg/dl)

90.23 (39.53)

78.54 (27.39)

0.089

VLDL-C (mg/dl)

28.35 (11.55)

26.58 (7)

0.357

  1. HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; T-cholesterol, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; and VLDL, very-low-density lipoproteins
  2. *P-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant
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