Table 1.

General characteristics of the study subjects

Parameter	Control (219)	Cases (404)	p-value
Age	56.0 ± 10.4	59.10 ± 12.64	0.002
Gender M/F	119/100	238/166	–
TC (mg/dL)	175.38 ± 43.0	207.50 ± 53.65	9.5 × 10−14
TG (mg/dL)	188.02 ± 66.42	212.12 ± 70.86	3.9 × 10−5
LDL (mg/dL)	77.38 ± 20.56	102.85 ± 34.78	1.14 × 10−21
HDL (mg/dL)	67.68 ± 17.68	45.14 ± 11.67	1.56 × 10−65

Legend: the table compares the general characteristics between the cases and the controls. Values are mentioned as mean ± SD. P-values indicate the significance of difference between the two groups as tested by independent sample t-test. TCTotal cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL-c High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol