Table 1. Key experimental parameters.

Parameters	SLT user	Non user	Adjusted p value
CRP (mg/l)	0.66 ± 0.46	0.32 ± 0.30	0.001*
Glucose (Random) (mg/dl)	2.05 ± 0.12	1.97 ± 0.07	0.001*
Urea (mg/dl)	1.34 ± 0.08	1.31 ± 0.09	0.08
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.99 ± 0.08	0.98 ± 0.08	0.25
Serum Cholesterol (mg/dl)	204.23 ± 35.24	185.48 ± 38.03	0.008*
TG (mg/dl)	158.83 ± 57.73	130.80 ± 63.45	0.01*
HDL-C (mg/dl)	1.63 ± 0.04	1.62 ± 0.02	0.02*
LDL-C(mg/dl)	128.26 ±  28.86	117.93 ± 31.05	0.05*
VLDL-C(mg/dl)	1.48 ± 0.18	1.37 ± 0.19	0.002*
Haemoglobin (gm%)	13.27 ± 1.53	13.58 ± 1.28	0.85
Erythrocytic Count (millions/cu.mm)	4.85 ± 0.49	4.94 ± 0.39	0.82
Leucocytic Count (cu.mm)	8217.02 ± 1859.911	7831.82 ± 1821.036	0.164
Neutrophil Count (%)	64.79 ± 6.12	62.07 ± 6.55	0.02*
Lymphocyte Count (%)	32.21 ± 5.82	34.64 ± 6.25	0.97
Monocyte Count (%)	0.03 ± 0.09	0.09 ± 0.14	0.006*
Eosinophil Count (%)	0.20 ± 0.24	0.23 ± 0.24	0.35
Platelet Count (lakhs/cu.mm)	0.42 ± 0.08	0.40 ± 0.09	0.1
ESR (mm)	1.35 ± 0.37	1.19 ± 0.27	0.01*
PCV (%)	39.44 ± 4.67	40.46 ± 3.88	0.12
MCV (fl)	80.97 ± 7.30	81.63 ± 4.80	0.3
MCH (pg)	27.31 ± 2.64	26.83 ± 4.30	0.26
MCHC (%)	33.72 ± 0.70	33.60 ± 0.67	0.21

Values indicate Mean  ±  SD *Adjusted p value <0.05.