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. 2012 May 2;7(5):e36166. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036166

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study subjects (nā€Š=ā€Š590).

Characteristics Cohort #1 Cohort #2 Cohort #3
Sample Size 411 71 108
Male/Female Male Female Female
Age, mean (SD), y 45.0 (11.5) 38.2 (6.5) 37.5 (0.7)
BMI*, mean (SD) 25.4 (3.0) 23.2 (3.1) 36.7 (1.1)
Total cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dL 197.9 (35.1) 186.3 (31.0) 168.1 (29.3)
Triglycerides, mean (SD), mg/dL 129.6 (77.4) 80.7 (44.2) 85.1 (48.2)
HDL-C, mean (SD), mg/dL 46.6 (12.2) 60.3 (11.3) 48.9 (12.8)
LDL-C, mean (SD), mg/dL 125.7 (30.4) 109.8 (29.1) 102.1 (25.0)

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

*

Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.