Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins in Sickle Cell Disease Patients in the Northern West Bank, Palestine

Table 3

Lipid profile of SCD patients and controls. Data are expressed as . Mean comparison has been performed separately between the gender groups in patients and controls.

Group		Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	Triglycerides (mg/dL)	value
Sickle cell anemia (SS)
Females	32	^a,b	^a,b,c	^a,b,c	^c	<0.001
Males	30	^a,b	^a,b	^a,e	^a,b,e
Subtotal	62
Sickle β-thalassemia (ST)
Females	21	^a,b	^a,b	^a,b	^a,b	<0.001
Males	33	^a,b	^a,b	^a	^a,b
Subtotal	54
Sickle cell trait (AS)
Females	14		^b	^b		<0.001
Males	21		^b	^b	^b
Subtotal	35
Controls (AA)
Females	71
Males	89
Subtotal	160
Total	311

Statistically significant at value < 0.001 compared to ^aAS, ^bAA, and ^cST or at value < 0.05 compared to ^dAA and ^eST.