Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study participants.

	Placebo	Simvastatin & Niacin	Antioxidant vitamins	Simvastatin, Niacin & Anitoxidant vitamins
Males (N)/Females (N)	30/2	28/5	34/4	33/6
Age	52.9±7.7	52.6±9.4	53.8±8.3	54.9±7.5
BMI (kg/m2)	29.7±3.9	29.3±4.0	28.7±3.4	29.9±4.9
Current Smokers (%)	18.8	24.2	26.3	23.1
LDL-peak (nm)	25.53±0.13	25.74±0.13	25.51±0.12	25.68±0.12
LDL-I (mmol/L)	0.44±0.05	0.50±0.05	0.37±0.05	0.44±0.05
LDL-IIa (mmol/L)	0.46±0.06	0.54±0.06	0.37±0.05	0.47±0.05
LDL-IIb (mmol/L)	0.73±0.06	0.74±0.06	0.64±0.06	0.71±0.06
LDL-IIIa (mmol/L)	0.58±0.06	0.57±0.05	0.63±0.05	0.59±0.05
LDL-IIIb (mmol/L)	0.18±0.02	0.13±0.02	0.15±0.02	0.15±0.02
LDL-IVa (mmol/L)	0.12±0.01	0.12±0.01	0.11±0.01	0.11±0.01
LDL-IVb (mmol/L)	0.11±0.01	0.11±0.01	0.11±0.01	0.11±0.01
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.28±0.13	3.38±0.13	3.06±0.12	3.20±0.12
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.82±0.02	0.82±0.02	0.83±0.02	0.78±0.02
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.22±0.20	2.27±0.20	2.38±0.19	2.66±0.18

Age and BMI are displayed as mean±SD, lipoproteins as means±SE