TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population

Variables	Group A (n = 10)	Group B (n = 46)	Group C (n = 23)
Age	41.8 ± 9.99	46.45 ± 11.83	57.13 ± 12.27
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	170.7 ± 14.94	194.71 ± 46.51	207.44 ± 41.06
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	100.3 ± 13.02	113.90 ± 33.85	123.55 ± 21.22
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	48.2 ± 7.00	45.11 ± 9.91	41.44 ± 6.48
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	108.7 ± 20.33	182.47 ± 124.72	180 ± 61.28