Table 1. Clinical, serologic and histologic characteristics of the subjects.

Characteristic
N	159
Age, y, mean ± SD	57.2 ± 14.5
Sex, male/female	87 / 71
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD	28.1 ± 4.6
Diabetes, %	41.1
HbA1c, %, mean ± SD	6.3 ± 1.1
Fasting Blood Glucose, mg/dl, mean ± SD	122.0 ± 40.5
HOMA-IR (n = 129), mean ± SD	7.4 ± 11.2
smoke, %	32.3
Hypertension, %	41.1
Dyslipidemia, %	79.1
TG, mg/dl, mean ± SD	171 ± 127
LDL-C, mg/dl, mean ± SD	118.2 ± 31.1
HDL-C, mg/dl, mean ± SD	55.5 ± 15.7
LH ratio, mean ± SD	2.29 ± 0.85