Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the patients studied

Parameters	Patients (N = 30) Mean ± SD	Men (N = 9) Mean ± SD	Women (N = 21) Mean ± SD
Age	55.10 ± 13.16	57.33 ± 17.93	54.14 ± 10.93
Sex	30	9	21
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	302.93 ± 34.72	304.22 ± 47.27	302.38 ± 29.21
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	229.96 ± 112.05	242.55 ± 196.58	224.57 ± 51.46
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	42.52 ± 13.07	40.00 ± 13.36	43.78 ± 13.25
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	208.47 ± 26.59	210.50 ± 33.79	207.53 ± 24.12
Cholesterol/HDL ratio	7.47 ± 1.98	8.02 ± 2.44	7.19 ± 1.74