Association of blood lipids, creatinine, albumin, and CRP with socioeconomic status in Malawi

Table 2 Summary statistics for the biomarker-based health indicators

	N	Mean	std.	Percentiles			Age-Gradient
				25th	50th	75th	of median
*Total cholesterol (Chol) (mg/dL)*
Female	571	115.1	29.8	92.7	112.0	135.1	0.43 ^∗∗
Male	336	103.5	37.9	83.0	100.4	119.7	0.64 ^∗∗
Total	907	110.8	33.5	88.8	108.1	131.3	0.36 ^∗∗
*High-density cholesterol (HDL) (mg/dL)*
Female	571	33.4	11.6	27.0	30.9	42.5	0.00
Male	336	28.4	9.89	23.2	27.0	34.7	0.18 ^∗∗
Total	907	31.6	11.2	23.2	30.9	38.6	-0.06
*Chol/HDL Ratio*
Female	571	3.78	1.57	2.87	3.45	4.22	0.014 ^∗∗
Male	336	3.97	1.73	3.00	3.63	4.40	0.002
Total	907	3.85	1.63	2.90	3.50	4.29	0.005 ^∗
*Low-density cholesterol (LDL) (mg/dL)*
Female	571	61.9	23.1	46.3	57.9	77.2	0.30 ^∗∗
Male	336	53.9	28.5	38.6	50.2	65.6	0.45 ^∗∗
Total	907	58.9	25.5	42.5	57.9	73.4	0.20 ^∗
*Creatinine (mg/dL)*
Female	571	0.67	0.17	0.54	0.66	0.76	0.002 ^∗∗
Male	336	0.84	0.19	0.71	0.81	0.94	0.000
Total	907	0.73	0.20	0.60	0.71	0.84	0.002 ^∗
*Albumin (g/dL)*
Female	571	3.66	0.49	3.39	3.66	3.94	-0.003 ^∗∗
Male	336	3.55	0.51	3.25	3.52	3.84	-0.008 ^∗∗
Total	907	3.62	0.50	3.33	3.62	3.91	-0.006 ⁺
*C-reactive protein (CRP)*
Female	561	3.82	11.0	0.20	0.50	2.30	0.006 ^∗
Male	332	4.99	12.2	0.20	0.80	3.00	0.013 ^∗
Total	893	4.26	11.5	0.20	0.60	2.60	0.002 ^∗∗

Age gradient of median is the coef of a quantile regression of the 50th percentile on age. p-values: + p <0.10, ^∗ p <0.05, ^∗∗ p <0.01.

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