Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and biochemical profile of patients.

Patient characteristics	N = 67
Age (years)	56 ± 12
Sex (male %)	82%
Nationality (Saudi %)	54%
Diabetes mellitus	59%
Hypertension	64%
Dyslipidemia	59%
Smoking	31%
Chronic renal failure	11%
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.2 ± 2.2
Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)	7.5 ± 2.1
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	168 ± 46.8
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	100.5 ± 41.7
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	35.4 ± 12.2
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	152.9 ± 95.3
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	1.3 ± 1.5
Ejection fraction (%)	53.4 ± 15.5