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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 6 Lipid profile in studied groups

From: Role of cholesterol, lipoproteins, and neutrophilic-lymphocytic ratio in patients with pneumonia

Lipid profile

Group A

Group B

t test

P value

Cholesterol

  

2.403

0.039*

Mean ± SD

149.76 ± 42.79

165.90 ± 45.50

  

Range

88–250

133–250

  

Triglyceride

  

 − 0.714

0.479

Mean ± SD

110.61 ± 25.51

120.40 ± 51.86

  

Range

59–180

61–181

  

HDL

  

2.295

0.026*

Mean ± SD

43.16 ± 6.32

50.51 ± 9.60

  

Range

34–98

35–52.3

  

LDL

  

0.266

0.792

Mean ± SD

94.26 ± 47.56

103.26 ± 103.94

  

Range

14–146.8

44–177

  

VLDL

  

0.519

0.606

Mean ± SD

21.68 ± 11.33

23.33 ± 8.45

  

Range

11.8–47

7–36.2

  
  1. t-test Student’s t-test, SD Standard deviation, HDL High-density lipoprotein (40–70), LDL Low-density lipoprotein (≤ 130), VLDL Very-low-density lipoprotein (≤ 30)
  2. P value (Ns Non significant p value > 0.05). s significant (*) p value < 0.05. Hs highly significant (**) p value < 0.001
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