Table 5.

Comparison between coronary artery calcium score and cholesterol levels and biochemistry values

	Coronary artery calcium score
	0 (n=25)	>0 (n=17)	P
Total cholesterol, mg/dL, mean±SD	198.1±29.42	211.9±36.26	0.182
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL, mean±SD	127.7±24.7	135.7±31.2	0.202
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL, mean±SD	46.2±10.1	45.7±13.3	0.884
Triglyceride, mg/dL, mean±SD	134.2±64.1	159.2±74.7	0.253
Hemoglobin, gr/dL, mean±SD	12.8±1.3	14.2±1.1	0.060
Urea, mg/dL, mean±SD	23.1±9.7	22.8±11.1	0.928
Creatinine, mg/dL, mean±SD	0.73±0.14	0.79±0.11	0.138

HDL - high-density lipoprotein; LDL - low-density lipoprotein. Student’s t-test