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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2012 Jan 25;20(2):202–208. doi: 10.1177/2047487312437625

Table 1.

Characteristics of study groups.

Variables	Sesame oil group (N=17) Mean (SD)	Control group (N=13) Mean (SD)	p-value
Age (years)	49.8 (8.4	56.8 (12)	0.074
BMI (kg/m²)	27.7 (2.4)	28.5 (2.9)	0.473
SBP (mmHg)	126.8 (17.9)	132.9 (17.7)	0.378
DBP (mmHg)	78.3 (8.4)	78.8 (10.8)	0.873
FMD (%)	3.3 (1.5)	4.1 (1.03)	0.163
ICAM-1 (ng/ml)	762.9 (95.5)	772.7 (186.3)	0.358
ADMA (μmol/L)	0.45 (0.12)	0.43 (0.03)	0.673

p-value is for analysis with student’s t-test

BMI, body mass index, SBP, systolic blood pressure, DBP, diastolic blood pressure, FMD, flow mediated dilatation, ICAM, intracellular adhesion molecule, ADMA, asymetric dimethylarginine.