Table 1.

Blood glucose and lipidaemic profiles of University of Crete medical students

	Men1	Women2
	Mean ± S.D.3		p-value4
BG (mmol/l)	4.73 ± 0.59	4.59 ± 0.56	<0.001
TC (mmol/l)	4.65 ± 0.91	4.63 ± 0.87	NS5
TG (mmol/l)	0.83 ± 0.43	0.66 ± 0.28	<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.19 ± 0.30	1.44 ± 0.35	<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/l)	3.01 ± 0.86	2.86 ± 0.82	0.010
TC:HDL-C	4.12 ± 1.30	3.40 ± 1.02	<0.001

¹ N = 527 except for BG analysis where N = 412. ² N = 462 except for BG analysis where N = 346. ³ Standard deviation. ⁴ ANCOVA (adjusting for the year of examination) for differences between the two genders. ⁵ Not significant.