Effects of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on lymph node metastasis after radical esophagectomy

Table 1 Lipids characteristics of each group

	Age		Sex		N0	N+	T1	T2	T3	T4
	≥ 60	< 60	Male	Female
TG (mmol/L)	1.17 ± 0.68	1.11 ± 0.72	1.17 ± 0.75	1.12 ± 0.49	1.17 ± 0.76	1.14 ± 0.63	1.28 ± 0.88	1.23 ± 0.66	1.17 ± 0.72	1.09 ± 0.63
CHOL (mmol/L)	4.49 ± 0.97	4.42 ± 0.84	4.36 ± 0.87	4.80 ± 0.15	4.40 ± 0.88	4.54 ± 0.98	4.38 ± 0.87	4.30 ± 0.97	4.48 ± 0.81	4.57 ± 1.05
HDL (mmol/L)	1.20 ± 0.28	1.17 ± 0.28	1.17 ± 0.27	1.26 ± 0.30	1.22 ± 0.29	1.16 ± 0.27	1.15 ± 0.22	1.21 ± 0.29	1.20 ± 0.29	1.18 ± 0.27
LDL (mmol/L)	2.53 ± 0.74	4.98 ± 2.30	3.36 ± 1.32	2.36 ± 0.83	2.42 ± 0.75	3.85 ± 1.57	2.50 ± 0.85	2.31 ± 0.78	2.52 ± 0.64	4.46 ± 1.91
Apo-A1 (g/L)	1.25 ± 0.23	1.23 ± 0.23	1.23 ± 0.23	1.29 ± 0.24	1.26 ± 0.23	1.23 ± 0.23	1.25 ± 0.21	1.24 ± 0.24	1.25 ± 0.24	1.24 ± 0.22
Apo-B (g/L)	0.84 ± 0.19	0.83 ± 0.20	0.83 ± 0.18	0.88 ± 0.23	0.83 ± 0.19	0.85 ± 0.20	0.87 ± 0.23	0.79 ± 0.17	0.85 ± 0.15	0.84 ± 0.21
Lpa (nmol/L)	236.39 ± 216.24	255.52 ± 233.29	233.40 ± 212.01	264.75 ± 244.13	231.67 ± 200.92	250.12 ± 237.25	166.26 ± 165.06	231.78 ± 224.21	254.76 ± 222.84	247.86 ± 226.81

TG: Triglyceride; TC: Total cholesterol; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Apo-A1: Apolipoprotein A1; Apo-B: Apolipoprotein B; LPa: Lipoprotein a.