Table 1.

Subject characteristics

	Normocholesterolemic	Midrange Cholesterolemic	Hypercholesterolemic
Number of subjects	20	13	18
Age, yr	53 ± 1.7	49 ± 1.6	54 ± 1.8
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	166 ± 4.4	194 ± 4.6*	262 ± 6.6*†
HDL, mg/dl	55 ± 3.0	53 ± 3.8	53 ± 4.5
LDL, mg/dl	94 ± 2.5	124 ± 3.0*	179 ± 5.6*†
oxLDL, U/l)	43 ± 2.1	59 ± 2.1*	88 ± 4.2*†
Trig, mg/dl	89 ± 7.6	87 ± 11.0	154 ± 14.9*†
MAP, mmHg	90 ± 2	90 ± 2	89 ± 2
Heart rate, beats/min	62 ± 5	67 ± 4	67 ± 3

Values are means ± SE. HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; oxLDL, oxidized LDL; Trig, triglyceride; MAP, mean arterial pressure.

^*P < 0.001 vs. normocholesterolemic subject group;

^†P < 0.001 vs. midrange cholesterolemic subject group.