Table 2.

Clinical characteristics, risk factors and nutritional state of the study population

Characteristic	Male	Female	P-value
Age	41.9 ± 12.6	40.8 ± 11.7	0.15
BMI (kg/m2)	26.5 ± 7.3	29.2 ± 9.2	0.0001
Cigarette Smoking	31.7%	5.7%	0.0001
Diabetes	9.7%	11.8%	0.23
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	187 ± 39.5	198 ± 46.1	0.0001
LDL(mg/dl)	96.5 ± 26.2	102.4 ± 30	0.004
HDL(mg/dl)	54.2 ± 16.3	61.1 ± 18	0.0001
Triglyceride(mg/dl)	196.8 ± 174.4	184.3 ± 141.4	0.1
HTN	46.4%	39.2%	0.01
Vitamin B12 intake (μgr/day)	2.9 ± 2.6	2.2 ± 2.07	0.01
Folic acid intake (μgr/day)	294 ± 73.7	270 ± 60.7	0.05