Effect of candesartan monotherapy on lipid metabolism in patients with hypertension: a retrospective longitudinal survey using data from electronic medical records

Table 2 Relationship of covariates to plasma lipid profile

Effect	DF	TG		TC		HDL-C		LDL-C
		F-value	p value	F-value	p value	F-value	p value	F-value	p value
Sex	1	8.32	0.0041*	8.74	0.0032*	9.99	0.0017*	2.04	0.1539
DM	1	0	0.9978	1.42	0.2333	1.69	0.1949	0.34	0.5628
Age	1	1.79	0.1819	0.95	0.3311	0.04	0.8429	0.24	0.627
Treatment duration	4	0.4	0.812	0.68	0.6086	2.49	0.0427*	0.44	0.7812
Sex*Treatment duration	4	1.28	0.278	1.12	0.3434	2.61	0.0349*	1.82	0.1243

DM: diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, Sex*Treatment duration: interaction of sex and duration of treatment, TG: triglyceride, TC: total cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, DF: degrees of freedom, p value: p value of covariate, *: p < 0.05.

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