Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics.

	Control n = 10	Nitrate n = 10	P value
Age (years)	62.6 ± 1.3	63.7 ± 2	0.66
Sex (men/women)	6/4	7/4	0.87
Heart score	4.7 ± 1	4.7 ± 1	0.98
BMI (kg/m2)	26.2 ± 0.8	23.9 ± 1.2	0.13
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.8 ± 0.04	0.9 ± 0.06	0.41
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	14.5 ± 0.4	14.1 ± 0.2	0.32
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	104 ± 13	126 ± 21	0.38
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	219 ± 14.1	236 ± 12.2	0.40
HDL (mg/dL)	68 ± 6	62 ± 7	0.47
LDL (mg/dL)	154 ± 9	156 ± 13	0.91
Sodium (mmol/L)	142 ± 0.6	142 ± 0.6	1.00
Potassium (mmol/L)	4.1 ± 0.1	4.2 ± 0.1	0.34
CRP (mg/dL)	<0.3	<0.3	0.33
Hba1c (%)	5.6 ± 0.1	5.8 ± 0.1	0.15

Selected demographic, clinical, and biochemical parameters. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM.