Table 1. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics and lipid profile of cases and controls .

Variable	Cases	Controls	P a
Total	300	300	-
Age (Mean ± SD)	63.20 ± 11.07	62.25 ± 12.06	0.32
Age at diagnosis (Mean ± SD)	61.13 ± 9.46	-	-
Sex ratio (male: female)	178:122	174:126	0.74
Weight	71.80 ± 4.46	69.46 ± 8.00	≤ 0.001*
BMI, kg/m2	42.36 ± 1.99	40.49 ± 3.34	≤ 0.001*
LDL, mg/dL	86.73 ± 11.38	76.45 ± 11.42	≤ 0.001*
HDL, mg/dL	41.79 ± 6.32	39.14 ± 10.73	≤ 0.001*
TG, mg/dL	179.05 ± 38.00	139.59 ± 33.34	≤ 0.001*

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation

^aStudent t test

*Statistically significant.