Table 1.

Clinical parameters of atherosclerosis patients

Parameters	Normal controls	Atherosclerosis patients
Number	20	32
Sex (female, %)	33	46
Age	63.21 ± 7.21	60.25 ± 8.04
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	3.46 ± 0.88	5.61 ± 0.58*
LDL-C (mmol/l)	2.32 ± 0.43	2.58 ± 0.37
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.67 ± 0.36	1.86 ± 0.40
TG (mmol/l)	1.45 ± 0.26	2.03 ± 0.35*
Creatinine(mg/dl)	1.02 ± 0.21	1.21 ± 0.12

Mean ± S.D.

* P < 0.05