Table 1.

Baseline Patient Characteristics

Variables	Total N=59	Atorvastatin 10 mg N=29	Atorvastatin 80 mg N=30	P-value
Age	59.78±9.73	60.31±10.52	59.27±9.04	0.684
Male gender	44 (74.57)	21 (72.41)	23 (76.66)	0.882
Caucasian race	45 (76.27)	21 (72.41)	24 (80)	0.648
Body Mass Index (BMI)	31.68±8.24	31.62±10.56	31.73±5.32	0.975
Diabetes mellitus	18 (30.5)	11 (37.93)	7 (23.33)	0.223
Current smoker	17 (28.81)	9 (31.03)	8 (26.66)	0.711
Ever smoked	30 (50.84)	16 (55.17)	14 (46.66)	0.514
Coronary artery disease	26 (44.06)	13 (44.82)	13 (43.33)	0.908
Pre-study statin use	33 (55.93)	18 (62.06)	15 (50)	0.351
LDL-C	104.66±26.51	103.36±24.05	105.87±28.98	0.722
hs-CRP	2.61±2.56	2.4±2.41	2.8±2.72	0.551
HDL Cholesterol	46.98±15.23	50.64±14.92	43.57±14.96	0.077
Gingival TBR	3.78±1.22	3.6±1.01	3.95±1.38	0.284

Values are presented as Mean±SD or N (%).