Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects

Age (years)

58.37 ± 12.91

54.8 ± 8.5

<0.0001 ^a

Sex M:F

708:282

423:195

0.19^b

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

170.84 ± 48.39

171.58 ± 43.25

0.50^a

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

103.82 ± 40.58

107.25 ± 35.35

0.005 ^a

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

36.19 ± 9.88

50.22 ± 23.89

<0.0001 ^a

Hypertension, n (%)

688 (69.5)

74 (12.0)

<0.05 ^b

Diabetes, n (%)

577 (58.3)

87(14.1)

<0.05 ^b