Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of the patients group and the control group

Variables	Controls, n = 302	Patients with IS, n = 310	P value
Age, year (mean ± SD)	62.2 ± 11.8	62.0 ± 11.3	0.68
Male/female	187 /115	210 /100	0.13
Smoking, yes/no	88/214	109/201	0.11
TC, mmol/L	4.62 ± 1.17	4.88 ± 0.94	0.001
TG, mmol/L	1.44 ± 1.37	1.82 ± 1.58	< 0.001
HDL-C, mmol/L	2.11 ± 10.45	1.13 ± 0.32	< 0.001
Apo-A1,g/L	1.76 ± 1.13	1.23 ± 0.26	< 0.001
Apo-B, g/L	0.75 ± 0.31	1.00 ± 0.31	< 0.001
Hcy, umol/L	13.6 ± 3.91	15.0 ± 3.84	< 0.001
NEFA, mmol/L	0.53 ± 0.28	0.71 ± 0.32	< 0.001

IS, ischemic stroke; SD, standard deviation; TG, triglycerides, HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; Apo-A1, apolipsprotein A1; Apo-B, apolipoprotein B; Hcy, homocysteic acid; NEFA, non-esterified fatty acid