Table 1.
Characteristics of the study cohort.
| Intervention N = 50 |
Control N = 25 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 48 ± 9 | 46 ± 11 | 0.7 |
| Sex (female) | 27 (53%) | 14 (53%) | 0.6 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 125 ± 15 | 121 ± 13 | 0.7 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 79 ± 10 | 76 ± 10 | 0.6 |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 66 ± 9 | 67 ± 8 | 0.8 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.2 ± 5.1 | 27.3 ± 5.2 | 0.9 |
| CO (ppm) | 14.9 ± 7.4 | 15.8 ± 4.9 | 0.7 |
| Pack-years | 38 ± 18 | 37 ± 19 | 0.3 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 114 ± 22 | 118 ± 19 | 0.5 |
| CRP-hs (mg/dl) | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 0.4 |
SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, CO exhaled carbon monoxide, CRP-hs C-reactive protein highly sensitive, values are mean ± SD.