Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical features of the study population.
| Variables | LD patients (n = 194) | RD patients (n = 200) | p value |
| Age, years | 60.4 ± 16.4 | 61.7 ± 14.9 | 0.475 |
| Gender, M/F | 138/56 | 152/48 | 0.156 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 28.3 ± 4.1 | 28.9 ± 3.7 | 0.327 |
| Smoking rate, % | 42 | 34 | 0.311 |
| DM, % | 21 | 24 | 0.823 |
| HT, % | 48 | 52 | 0.506 |
| HL, % | 37 | 35 | 0.816 |
| TC, mg/dL | 191.6 ± 47.3 | 194.0 ± 44.7 | 0.776 |
| LDL-C, mg/dL | 116.2 ± 32.6 | 118.1 ± 31.8 | 0.812 |
| HDL-C, mg/dL | 43.8 ± 11.3 | 46.0 ± 12.0 | 0.546 |
| TG, mg/dL | 167.4 ± 77.3 | 178.5 ± 147.8 | 0.560 |
Mean values (standard deviation) and % (n) were reported for continuous and categorical variables, respectively.
BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HL, hyperlipidemia; HT, hypertension; LD, left dominant; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; M/F, male/female; RD, right dominant; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.