Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Variables	Controls (n = 43)	Patients (n = 81)	P
Age (years)	52.5 ± 14.4	50.5 ± 11.2	n.s.
Gender (male:female)	20:23	37:44
BMI (kg/m2)	27.7 ± 4.7	27.2 ± 3.5	n.s.
TC (mmol/l)	5.08 ± 0.65	7.42 ± 1.49	<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.55 ± 0.65	1.32 ± 0.32	n.s.
LDL-C (mmol/l)	3.03 ± 0.37	5.12 ± 1.25	<0.001
Apo A-1 (g/l)	1.59 ± 0.42	1.53 ± 0.27	n.s.
Apo B (g/l)	0.92 ± 0.21	1.48 ± 0.46	<0.001
Triglyceride (mmol/l)	1.29 (0.99–1.97)	1.92 (1.47–3.05)
Hair selenium (ppm)	0.4 (0.08–0.94)	1.03 (0.54–2.06)
Log triglyceride	0.28 ± 0.59	0.81 ± 0.64	0.006
Log hair selenium	−1.369 ± 2.066	−0.077 ± 1.144	0.0013

Data are expressed as mean ± SD, excluding triglyceride and hair selenium.

Triglyceride and hair selenium are expressed as median and interquartile range.

P: control individuals versus hyperlipidemic patients.

TC: total cholesterol.