Greater than reference

range (n = 73)

Within range (n = 365)

p

(p < 0.05)

Cholesterol

190 ± 39.8

186 (92 - 285)

190.8 ± 42.0

190 (89 - 364)

0.9966

LDL

125.9 ± 31

120 (58 - 200)

122.8 ± 37.0

121 (32 - 289)

0.4003

HDL

52.1 ± 18.8

47 (25 - 134)

56.3 ± 15.2

55 (26 - 119)

0.0040

Triglyceride

136.4 ± 104

106 (48 - 738)

99.7 ± 65.2

81 (28 - 483)

<0.0001

Apolipoprotein A

159.3 ± 39.4

150.2 (80 - 266.7)

169.1 ± 33.8

166.2 (89.7 - 294)

0.0266

Apolipoprotein B

102.3 ± 22.0

103.6 (59 - 151.1)

96.3 ± 25.5

94.6 (40.4 - 198)

0.0237

Lipoprotein (A)

40.1 ± 38.2

21.9 (6.3 - 141.2)

34.0 ± 32.5

20.4 (5.4 - 156.8)

0.2055

Insulin

18.5 ± 20.0

11.3 (2.5 - 124.7)

10.1 ± 10.1

7.5 (1.2 - 101.7)

<0.0001

Ferritin

179.9 ± 190.7

111.3 (14.5 - 1148)

157.4 ± 154

116.8 (12.0 - 1279)

0.5811

Hemoglobin A1c

5.7 ± 1.6

5.2 (4.3 - 14.4)

5.4 ± 0.7

5.3 (4.3 - 11.5)

0.6664

Glucose

108.5 ± 55.5

94.9 (72.3 - 356)

96.3 ± 23.7

93 (56.7 - 310.8)

0.5643

Adiponectin

13.8 ± 8.2

11.5 (2.4 - 39.5)

16.1 ± 10.7

13.2 (0.87 - 78.7)

0.1248

Glycated Serum Protein

240 ± 114.1

219.3 (78.4 - 771.8)

241.7 ± 56.3

232.9 (66.0 - 668.4)

0.0056

Alkaline phosphatase (ALK)

84.4 ± 31.3

83 (48 - 260)

67.9 ± 19

66 (31 - 187)

<0.0001

Aspartate transaminase (AST)

23.2 ± 9.8

21.2 (9.3 - 67)

25.6 ± 24.9

21.1 (9.4 - 397)

0.5038

Alanine transaminase (ALT)

25.2 ± 17.7

20 (8.2 - 109)

26.0 ± 22.1

20.9 (6.7 - 192.9)

0.6895

Albumin

4.5 ± 0.3

4.5 (3.6 - 5.2)

4.6 ± 0.2

4.6 (3.7 - 5.7)

0.0005

Total bilirubin

0.50 ± 0.30

0.43 (0.17 - 1.83)

0.56 ± 0.31

0.50 (0.16 - 2.92)

0.0120

Total protein

7.2 ± 0.4

7.2 (5.6 - 8.6)

7.1 ± 0.4

7.1 (5.8 - 11.0)

0.0377