TABLE 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.

Variable	CPC group (n = 113)	UC group (n = 115)	p-Value
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	60.80 ± 10.56	60.80 ± 9.59	0.804 a
Male/female, n	76/37	71/44	0.384 b
Current-smoker/non-smoker, n	41/72	42/73	0.970 b
Drinking/non-drinking, n	36/77	35/80	0.816 b
Dyslipidemia, n (%)	82 (72.57)	83 (72.17)	0.947 b
Hypertension, n (%)	81 (71.68)	71 (61.74)	0.111 b
Diabetes, n (%)	43 (38.05)	45 (39.13)	0.867 b
Adherence (mean ± SD)	79.54 ± 10.69	79.22 ± 12.32	0.725 a
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.09 ± 1.29	1.99 ± 1.26	0.383 a
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.72 ± 1.06	4.71 ± 1.19	0.978 c
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.68 ± 0.88	2.68 ± 0.89	0.955 c
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.03 ± 0.23	1.06 ± 0.24	0.364 a
Systolic BP (mmHg)	134.66 ± 17.79	134.78 ± 21.02	0.763 a
Diastolic BP(mmHg)	77.57 ± 10.93	76.78 ± 12.26	0.611 c
FPG (mmol/L)	7.03 ± 2.22	7.48 ± 2.70	0.378 a
HbA1c (%)	6.62 ± 1.47	6.76 ± 1.61	0.463 a

SD: standard deviation, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, BP: blood pressure, HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin, FPG: fasting plasma glucose.

^a Mann-Whitney U test.

^b Pearson Chi-square test.

^c Independent-sample t-test.