Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

	Controls	Patients	P
N	16	15
age (years)	35.56 ± 4.82	42.13 ± 12.21	ns
BMI (kg/m2)	27.46 ± 3.60	29.48 ± 4.54	ns
TCH (mmol/L)	4.17 ± 0.64	6.30 ± 0.98	0.006
LDL (mmol/L)	2.63 ± 0.62	4.01 ± 0.82	0.0001
HDL (mmol/L)	1.20 ± 0.29	1.21 ± 0.39	ns
TAG (mmol/L)	1.31 ± 0.57	1.97 ± 0.58	0.0037

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD); P statistical level of significance, N count, BMI Body mass index, TCH Total cholesterol, LDL Low-density lipoproteins, HDL High-density lipoproteins, TAG Triacylglycerols, ns Nonsignificant