Table 1. Clinical and biochemical characteristics of control subjects and patients with cardiovascular disease.

Values are given as means ± SD. ^a P value calculated by Student’s independent samples t test (unpaired). ^* P value (<0.05) indicates statistical significance. ^* P values were calculated on log-transformed scale.

n: Number of subjects; BMI: Body mass index; BP: Blood pressure; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SD: Standard deviation; TC: Total cholesterol; vLDL-C: Very low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Characteristics	Controls (n = 794)	Patients (n = 835)	P value a
Age (years)	53.76 ± 9.7	53.19 ± 11.85	0.291
BMI (Kg/m2)	24.82 ± 3.62	25.24 ± 3.60	0.01*
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	119.55 ± 11.01	136.91 ± 24.63	<0.0001*
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	82.44 ± 6.98	86.68 ± 13.65	<0.0001*
TC (mg/dL)	152.67 ± 25.11	168.43 ± 49.98	<0.0001*
TG (mg/dL)	137.04 ± 58.31	147.34 ± 67.80	0.001*
LDL-C (mg/dL)	85.69 ± 24.50	98.98 ± 37.48	<0.0001*
HDL-C (mg/dL)	40.03 ± 12.68	35.50 ± 11.54	<0.0001*
vLDL-C (mg/dL)	29.95 ± 10.69	29.5 ± 13.57	<0.0001*
TC: HDL-C	4.07 ± 1.11	5.04 ± 1.85	<0.0001*