Tab. I.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of argan and olive groups

Item	Olive group (Control)	Argan group
N	30	30
Age (years)	55.13 ± 6.45	55.84 ± 5.91
Body weight (kg)	70.02 ± 12.27	69.94 ± 11.85
Height (m)	1.58 ± 0.06	1.57 ± 0.05
TC (g/l)	2.10 ± 0.33	2.13 ± 0.35
LDL-C (g/l)	1.30 ± 0.31	1.34 ± 0.31
HDL-C (g/l)	0.58 ± 0.12	0.58 ± 0.15
TG (g/l)	1.10 ± 0.56	1.09 ± 0.51

All values are presented as unadjusted mean ± SD.

TC – total cholesterol, LDL-C – low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C – high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG – triglycerides