Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of study participants.

	Men (n = 10)	Women (n = 17)	Total (n = 27)
Age (years)	50.9 ± 2.6	50.9 ± 2.2	50.9 ± 1.7
BMI	26.5 ± 0.8	25.1 ± 0.9	25.6 ± 0.6
TG (mmol/L)	1.08 ± 0.10	1.10 ± 0.08	1.09 ± 0.06
TC (mmol/L)	4.98 ± 0.15	5.84 ± 0.18 *	5.52 ± 0.15
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.26 ± 0.13	3.89 ± 0.14 *	3.65 ± 0.12
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.23 ± 0.07	1.45 ± 0.10	1.37 ± 0.07
ApoB (mg/dL)	89.0 ± 2.73	97.9 ± 1.82 *	94.5 ± 8.46
Glucose (mmol/L)	4.94 ± 0.08	4.50 ± 0.07	4.68 ± 0.05
Insulin (mU/L)	12.70 ± 1.50	13.20 ± 0.70	13.00 ± 0.70
HOMA-IR	2.79 ± 0.34	2.65 ± 0.16	2.71 ± 0.17
hsCRP (mg/L)	1.00 ± 0.16	1.09 ± 0.22	1.06 ± 0.15

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. * p <0.05 vs. men. Skewed data were log transformed before statistical analysis.