Table 3.

Lipid profile in the two groups of 29 patients.

LDL-C LEVEL	LDL-C ≤ 70 mg/dL	LDL-C > 70 mg/dL	p
LDL-C (mean ± SD, in mg/dL)	60.97 ± 8.37	133.24 ± 27.39	p < 0.001
HDL-C (mean ± SD, in mg/dL)	46.10 ± 8.95	42.90 ± 12.21	p = 0.260
Triglycerides (mean ± SD, in mg/dL)	133.28 ± 39.78	168.59 ± 53.65	p = 0.006
Total cholesterol (mean ± SD, in mg/dL)	133.72 ± 16.06	209.86 ± 33.62	p < 0.001

LDL-C = LDL_cholesterol levels; HDL-C = HDL cholesterol levels, SD = standard deviation; p = statistical significance of the difference, as revealed by the independent samples t-test.