Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of VD Patients.

Characteristics	Control group (n=79)	Treatment group (n=79)	p
Age, years	67.8 ± 7.1	69.2 ± 8.4	0.260
Sex, male/ female	42/37	44/35	0.873
Education, years	9.1 ± 2.6	9.3 ± 2.3	0.609
BMI, kg/m2	24.9 ± 1.5	24.6 ± 1.7	0.241
HP, n (%)	26 (32.9%)	20 (25.3%)	0.381
HL, n (%)	19 (24.1%)	28 (35.4%)	0.164
Diabetes, n (%)	20 (25.3%)	15 (19.0%)	0.443
Smokers, n (%)	8 (10.1%)	5 (6.3%)	0.563
Alcohol, n (%)	7 (8.9%)	9 (11.4%)	0.792

BMI: body mass index; HL: hyperlipidemia; HP: hypertension.