Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

	Control	Diseased	P value
Age (years)	47.29 ± 10.21	56.21 ± 6.73	<0.10
Family history	13	24	—
Smoker	4	22	—
BMI	21 (>25)	31 (>25)	—
BP systolic (mm/Hg)	122.84 ± 3.45	132.53 ± 7.62	<0.01
BP diastolic (mm/Hg)	80.14 ± 5.53	86.23 ± 6.54	<0.20
F BSL (mg/dL)	95.60 ± 18.38	132.80 ± 32	<0.01
HbA1C	6.0 ± 1.27	7.32 ± 2.46	<0.50
Total cholesterol	159.86 ± 26.98	282.36 ± 28	<0.01
HDL (mg/dL)	44.21 ± 8.35	28.67 ± 8.89	<0.01
LDL (mg/dL)	102.02 ± 25.78	159.69 ± 29.65	<0.05
VLDL (mg/dL)	32.98 ± 10.43	45.31 ± 14.30	<0.02
TG (mg/dL)	172.67 ± 56.87	227.38 ± 68.79	<0.01