Research Article

Cholesterol Metabolic Markers for Differential Evaluation of Patients with Hyperlipidemia and Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Table 1

Comparison of baseline data, cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, and the concentration of the sterols between the three groups.

VariableHealthy control ()Hyperlipidemia patients ()FHC patients ()//

Age (years)51 (45, 55)-0.0430.966
Gender (male/female)16/4828/4113/123.66400.056
BMI24.3 (21.7, 27.7)-1.8370.066
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.42 (1.30, 1.65)1.31 (1.13, 1.60)44.102<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)3.38(3.10, 4.09)54.454<0.001
TG (mmol/L)1.20 (0.80, 1.40)2.10 (1.60, 3.50)75.824<0.001
TC (mmol/L)5.35 (4.89, 6.15)57.072<0.001
FPG (mmol/L)5.00 (4.76, 5.36)5.00 (4.90, 6.00)-3.487<0.001
SBP (mmHg)120 (110, 120)120 (110, 130)-1.7660.077
DBP (mmHg)80 (70, 80)80 (70, 90)-1.2580.208
Squalene (μmol/L)2.943 (2.408, 3.698)3.885 (2.754, 6.180)5.035 (2.886, 14.184)12.2490.002
Squalene/cholesterol (%)0.797 (0.656, 1.105)0.887 (0.587, 1.532)39.734<0.001
Desmosterol (μmol/L)71.156<0.001
Desmosterol/cholesterol (%)0.161 (0.136, 0.190)0.497 (0.349, 0.796)52.468<0.001
Lathosterol (μmol/L)5.362 (4.115, 5.613)14.182 (8.649, 24.603)48.228<0.001
Lathosterol/cholesterol (%)0.989 (0.627, 1.272)27.472<0.001
Campesterol (μmol/L)5.296 (3.894, 7.905)5.242 (3.491, 8.620)16.150 (9.532, 28.509)38.999<0.001
Campesterol/cholesterol (%)1.484 (0.993, 2.339)1.180 (0.871, 1.927)1.049 (0.768, 1.625)6.4420.040
Stigmasterol (μmol/L)1.193 (1.088, 1.344)3.709 (2.469, 5.583)51.190<0.001
Stigmasterol/cholesterol (%)0.318 (0.282, 0.387)0.217 (0.165, 0.318)17.292<0.001
Sitosterol (μmol/L)7.352 (5.305, 9.383)8.194 (5.763, 11.956)19.335 (13.342, 33.245)42.617<0.001
Sitosterol/cholesterol (%)2.080 (1.481, 2.505)1.842 (1.548, 2.449)1.291 (0.938, 1.741)17.663<0.001

FHC: familial hypercholesterolemia; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: total triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol. FPG: fasting plasma glucose; SBG: systolic blood pressure; DBG: diastolic blood pressure. : ; : ; : .