Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population (n = 65)

	Men	Women
n	14	51
Age (yr)	62.2 ± 11.7	55.7 ± 10.3a
Race
White (%)	5 (36)	40 (78)b
Black (%)	7 (50)	10 (20)
Asian (%)	2 (14)	0 (0)
Hispanic (%)	0 (0)	1 (2)
BMI (kg/m2)	25.2 ± 3.5	25.7 ± 6.0
Total cholesterol (mmol/liter)	5.2 ± 0.98	5.8 ± 0.85c
TGs (mmol/liter)	0.85 ± 0.34	0.88 ± 0.31
HDL-C (mmol/liter)	1.92 ± 0.28	2.36 ± 0.54b
LDL-C (mmol/liter)	2.9 ± 0.96	3.0 ± 0.75
Apolipoprotein A-I (mmol/liter)	1.53 ± 0.18	1.61 ± 0.17
SR-BI protein (OD)	0.27 ± 0.12	0.30 ± 0.04

All P values are compared with men. 

^aP = 0.03. 

^bP = 0.004. 

^cP = 0.04.