Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and serum lipid levels of subjects and patients in the two groups.

	Control group (n = 11)	Research group (n = 39)	P
Age, yrs	57 ± 5	60 ± 6	0.144
Male sex, n (%)	7 (64%)	27 (69%)	0.745
Smoker, n (%)	0	8 (20%)
Hypertension, n (%)	0	17 (44%)
Diabetes, n (%)	0	15 (38%)
TG (mmol/L)	1.31 ± 0.46	1.95 ± 1.16	0.078
TC (mmol/L)	3.55 ± 0.26	4.99 ± 1.47	<0.01
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.05 ± 0.21	3.15 ± 1.24	<0.01
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.78 ± 0.25	1.26 ± 0.36	<0.01
Lp (a) (mg/dL)	19.87 ± 7.31	30.45 ± 23.53	0.025
ApoA (g/L)	1.42 ± 0.18	1.08 ± 0.25	<0.01
ApoB (g/L)	0.85 ± 0.13	0.91 ± 0.28	0.245