Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of study subjects

	Mitral stenosis group (n = 40)	Healthy group (n = 20)	p value
Age, years	44 ± 11	40 ± 10	0.1
Female	30 (75)	13 (65)	0.3
Hemoglobin, mg/dl	13.6 ± 1.7	14 ± 1.6	0.3
LDL-C, mg/dl	112 ± 31	116 ± 41	0.6
HDL-C, mg/dl	37 ± 11	41 ± 8	0.1
Total-C, mg/dl	175 ± 41	185 ± 58	0.4
Triglyceride, mg/dl	137 ± 94	135 ± 90	0.9
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.9 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.1	0.2
History of
diabetes mellitus	2 (5)	0 (0)	0.4
hypertension	6 (15)	3 (15)	0.6
smoke	6 (15)	5 (25)	0.2

Values denote means ± SD or numbers with percentages in parentheses.

LDL-C = Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Total-C = total cholesterol.