Table 3. Clinical and biochemical characteristics of female and male subjects in the patient group.

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	Male (n = 555)	Female (n = 280)	P value a
Age (years)	53.25 ± 11.86	53.06 ± 11.84	0.83
BMI (Kg/m2)	25.18 ± 3.54	25.37 ± 3.72	0.45
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	135.39 ± 23.47	139.92 ± 26.56	0.01*
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	86.21 ± 13.35	87.61 ± 14.22	0.16
TC (mg/dL)	164.16 ± 49.62	176.92 ± 49.70	<0.0001*
TG (mg/dL)	141.67 ± 68.55	158.58 ± 64.93	0.001*
LDL-C (mg/dL)	95.78 ± 36.24	105.31 ± 39.13	0.001*
HDL-C (mg/dL)	35.17 ± 11.81	36.16 ± 10.99	0.24
vLDL-C (mg/dL)	28.33 ± 13.70	31.81 ± 13.02	<0.0001*
TC: HDL-C	4.97 ± 1.86	5.19 ± 1.82	0.1