TABLE 3.

Comparison Among Statin-Naive Patients Based on LDL Cholesterol, Triglyceride, and HDL Cholesterol Levels

Parameter	LDL Cholesterol, mg/dL		P	Triglycerides, mg/dL		P	HDL Cholesterol, mg/dL		P
	>150 (n = 119)	<150 (n = 589)		>250 (n = 53)	<250 (n = 651)		Low† (n = 303)	Normal (n = 401)
Age, years	47.71 ± 10.91	52.98 ± 11.59	<0.001*	46.04 ± 10.82	52.59 ± 11.58	<0.01*	51.11 ± 12.08	52.78 ± 11.21	0.05
Diabetes duration, years	7.66 ± 7.20	9.00 ± 7.60	0.126	5.77 ± 6.38	9.04 ± 7.60	0.01*	7.93 ± 7.09	9.28 ± 7.69	0.18
BMI, kg/m2	26.42 ± 3.63	26.35 ± 3.84	0.842	25.62 ± 3.77	26.42 ± 3.81	0.15*	26.50 ± 3.72	26.25 ± 3.88	0.22
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	130.38 ± 22.30	130.45 ± 17.42	0.973	129.86 ± 21.66	130.48 ± 18.03	0.82	129.18 ± 18.62	131.30 ± 18.03	0.84
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	77.48 ± 9.40	77.60 ± 9.12	0.892	80.43 ± 10.22	77.36 ± 9.04	0.02*	77.47 ± 9.19	77.62 ± 9.14	0.76
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.98 ± 0.05	0.98 ± 0.11	0.555	0.99 ± 0.05	0.98 ± 0.11	0.26	0.97 ± 0.09	0.97 ± 0.11	0.88
Hemoglobin, g/dL	13.49 ± 1.63	13.44 ± 1.63	0.731	14.44 ± 1.76	13.37 ± 1.59	<0.01*	13.21 ± 1.78	13.62 ± 1.48	0.005*
Total leukocyte count, cells/mm3	6,710.00 ± 1,919.53	6,627.69 ± 1,509.83	0.606	7,062.26 ± 1,810.46	6,607.36 ± 1,562.12	0.04*	6,774.25 ± 1,652.47	6,531.27 ± 1,515.21	0.74
ESR, mm/hour	20.17 ± 19.11	17.02 ± 15.64	0.05	18.98 ± 21.69	17.44 ± 15.83	0.52	19.81 ± 18.29	15.85 ± 14.45	<0.01*
Cr, mg/dL	1.04 ± 0.69	0.98 ± 0.45	0.255	1.06 ± 0.70	0.99 ± 0.48	0.34	0.99 ± 0.69	0.98 ± 0.27	0.01*
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2	90.87 ± 31.21	91.84 ± 55.15	0.856	100.48 ± 36.90	90.97 ± 52.93	0.20	94.68 ± 60.61	89.23 ± 44.21	0.23
Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, mg/g Cr	60.54 ± 95.29	45.06 ± 75.39	0.052	47.92 ± 68.67	47.68 ± 80.13	0.98	41.04 ± 68.36	52.96 ± 86.54	<0.01*
TSH, μIU/ml	2.28 ± 1.13	2.15 ± 1.03	0.208	2.19 ± 1.06	2.17 ± 1.04	0.88	2.19 ± 1.04	2.14 ± 1.03	0.98
AST, IU/L	33.43 ± 48.99	31.84 ± 17.38	0.538	42.38 ± 71.90	31.28 ± 16.87	<0.01*	31.41 ± 18.51	32.57 ± 29.82	0.29
ALT, IU/L	43.45 ± 49.21	40.35 ± 31.07	0.375	53.30 ± 64.93	39.87 ± 30.94	0.01*	40.09 ± 29.47	41.33 ± 38.34	0.05
A1C, %	9.13 ± 2.79	8.49 ± 2.27	0.007*	9.34 ± 2.39	8.54 ± 2.37	0.02*	8.59 ± 2.26	8.59 ± 2.46	0.28
FPG, mg/dL	200.30 ± 88.43	176.38 ± 70.49	0.001*	215.02 ± 87.09	177.61 ± 72.52	< 0.01*	179.94 ± 70.99	180.59 ± 76.79	0.31
Uric acid, mg/dL	4.83 ± 1.75	4.77 ± 1.40	0.679	5.39 ± 1.47	4.73 ± 1.45	<0.01*	4.78 ± 1.46	4.77 ± 1.45	0.33

Data are mean ± SD.

^*Statistically significant (P <0.05).

^†Low HDL is <50 mg/dL in females and <40 mg/dL in males.