Table 2.

Characteristics of subjects according to sex

Characteristics	Men (n=35); mean ± S.E.M.	Women (n=35); mean ± S.E.M.	P value
Age	57.43 ± 12.25	52.82 ± 13.06	0.15
TG (mmol/l)	1.19 ± 0.52	1.42 ± 0.35	0.19
TC (mmol/l)	4.16 ± 1.31	5.04 ± 0.63	0.02
HDL (mmol/l)	1.12 ± 0.23	1.25 ± 0.14	0.05
LDL (mmol/l)	2.54 ± 0.96	3.15 ± 0.62	0.02
ApoA (g/l)	1.07 ± 0.23	1.16 ± 0.27	0.17
ApoB (g/l)	0.86 ± 0.24	1.03 ± 0.18	0.03
ApoE (g/l)	4.18 ± 1.08	5.28 ± 1.89	0.14
Smoke or not	4/35	0/35	/
CpG1	31.15 ± 10.40	32.23 ± 9.87	0.58
CpG2	7.87 ± 3.14	8.74 ± 5.04	0.32
CpG3	42.27 ± 8.87	43.15 ± 8.32	0.63
CpG4	15.43 ± 10.14	14.56 ± 8.32	0.72
CpG5	13.29 ± 4.90	14.56 ± 9.73	0.41
Mean BNP methylation (%)	21.02 ± 4.65	22.08 ± 4.68	0.96

Abbreviations: ApoA, apolipoprotein A; ApoE, apolipoprotein E; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.