Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Participants.

Characteristics	Health (n = 60)	CAS (n = 86)	P value
Age (years)	61.62 ± 5.97	60.76 ± 7.24	.450
Gender			.441
Female	22	37
Male	38	49
Smoking	28	31	.198
Hypertension	31	46	.828
Hyperlipidemia	27	45	.384
Diabetes	22	39	.295
hs-CRP (mg/L)	9.59 ± 5.87	16.29 ± 9.80	<.001
TC (mM)	4.19 ± 0.81	5.29 ± 1.34	<.001
TG (mM)	1.47 ± 0.53	1.80 ± 0.68	.002
LDL-C (mM)	2.45 ± 0.59	3.36 ± 0.61	<.001
HDL-C (mM)	1.23 ± 0.20	1.19 ± 0.18	.219