Table 2.

Characteristics of hyperlipidemic patients with below and above the median of log hair selenium

Variables	Below median (n = 40)	Above median (n = 41)	P
Age (years)	50.9 ± 11.7	50.1 ± 10.9	n.s.
Gender (male:female)	17:23	20:21
BMI (kg/m2)	27.0 ± 3.7	27.4 ± 3.3	n.s.
TC (mmol/l)	7.38 ± 1.53	7.45 ± 1.48	n.s.
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.29 ± 0.33	1.36 ± 0.32	n.s.
LDL-C (mmol/l)	5.17 ± 1.30	5.08 ± 1.22	n.s.
Apo A-1 (g/l)	1.56 ± 0.32	1.49 ± 0.21	n.s.
Apo B (g/l)	1.52 ± 0.52	1.43 ± 0.38	n.s.
Log triglyceride	0.79 ± 0.63	0.84 ± 0.66	n.s.

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

P: patients below the median of log hair selenium versus patients above the median of log hair selenium.

TC: Total cholesterol.