Factors associated with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels among hill tribe people aged 30 years and over in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Correlations between LDL and key-biomarkers among the participants

Group	Statistics	Age	SBP	DBP	HbA1C	HDL-C	Triglyceride
Total	r (p-value)	0.015 (0.457)	0.023 (0.246)	0.023 (0.242)	0.039 (0.050^*)	0.244 (< 0.001^*)	−0.099 (< 0.001^*)
Male	r (p-value)	0.012 (0.721)	−0.027 (0.421)	0.000 (0.988)	−0.032 (0.073)	0.260 (0.237)	−0.136 (< 0.001^*)
Female	r (p-value)	0.015 (0.534)	0.049 (0.046^*)	0.036 (0.144)	0.073 (0.003^*)	0.237 (< 0.001^*)	−0.081 (0.001^*)

*Spearman’s correlation was used to detect the correlations between variables at the significant level α = 0.05; SBP Systolic blood pressure; DBP Diastolic blood pressure; HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HbA1c Glycosylated hemoglobin

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