| Group |
High serum cholesterol n (%) |
OR(CI 95%) |
p-value |
OR(CI 95%) |
p-value |
|
No |
Yes |
A/A vs.A/G |
|
A/A vs. G/G |
|
| Normal weight |
| A/A |
32 (30.5) |
12 (44.4) |
1.80
(0.69-4.65) |
0.22 |
1.87
(0.58-6.02) |
0.28 |
| A/G |
48 (45.7) |
10 (37) |
| G/G |
25 (23.8) |
5 (18.5) |
| Overweight |
| A/A |
28 (26.7) |
27 (46.6) |
2.75
(1.33-5.69) |
0.005 |
1.63
(0.63-4.21) |
0.30 |
| A/G |
60 (57.1) |
21 (36.2) |
| G/G |
17 (16.2) |
10 (17.2) |
| Obesity |
| A/A |
32 (37.2) |
19 (31.7) |
0.92
(0.43-1.94) |
0.83 |
0.50
(0.19-1.32) |
0.16 |
| A/G |
42 (48.8) |
27 (45) |
| G/G |
12 (14) |
14 (23.3) |
|
| The cutoff point for considering high serum cholesterol was TC ≥ 200 mg/dL. |
| Table 4: Association of the rs1761667 CD36 gene polymorphism with high serum cholesterol in 441 subjects with different BMI categories. |