Table 2.

Descriptive analyses of the study groups.

	Gender	Patient (mean + SD)	Control (mean + SD)	p
Age	Female	56.63 ± 7.66	57.43 ± 7.07	0.676
	Male	56.80 ± 6.21	53.40 ± 7.58	0.287
	Total	56.67 ± 7.25	56.42 ± 7.32	0.878
BMI	Female	34.37 ± 6.51	29.47 ± 5.86	0.003
	Male	28.71 ± 2.95	28.73 ± 3.40	0.992
	Total	32.96 ± 6.30	29.28 ± 5.32	0.006
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	Female	145.06 ± 15.91	121.73 ± 9.02	0.000
	Male	136.70 ± 15.36	120.00 ± 8.28	0.007
	Total	142.97 ± 16.00	121.30 ± 8.77	0.000
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	Female	74.56 ± 11.71	64.76 ± 7.80	0.000
	Male	72.30 ± 9.60	63.80 ± 5.92	0.028
	Total	74.00 ± 11.14	64.52 ± 7.32	0.000
Diabetes	Female	1.43 ± 0.50	1.00 ± 0.00	0.000
	Male	1.40 ± 0.51	1.00 ± 0.00	0.025
	Total	1.42 ± 0.50	1.00 ± 0.00	0.000
Iron (µg/dL)	Female	56.60 ± 24.02	67.80 ± 34.97	0.154
	Male	62.90 ± 32.18	81.00 ± 28.99	0.203
	Total	58.17 ± 26.00	71.10 ± 33.71	0.059
Copper (µg/dL)	Female	96.88 ± 27.51	85.19 ± 21.48	0.072
	Male	84.08 ± 25.14	92.77 ± 22.10	0.423
	Total	93.68 ± 27.21	87.08 ± 21.60	0.233
Selenium (µg/L)	Female	61.71 ± 11.36	59.76 ± 11.33	0.509
	Male	58.30 ± 12.68	66.66 ± 10.18	0.122
	Total	60.85 ± 11.63	61.48 ± 11.33	0.807
Zinc (µg/dL)	Female	72.91 ± 9.04	101.23 ± 24.17	0.000
	Male	73.71 ± 14.70	98.86 ± 25.61	0.015
	Total	73.11 ± 10.52	100.64 ± 24.23	0.000

p < 0.05.

BMI, body mass index.