Table 3.

Characteristics of the study population: demographic and clinical data at baseline (t0).

Features	Group 1 (n = 20)	Group 2 (n = 20)
Age (years)	53 ± 5	57 ± 7
Gender:
Male	7	8
Female	13	12
Ethnicity: European	20	20
BMI (kg/m2)	21.82 ± 2.05 − (18.6–24.7)	21.93 ± 2.32 − (18.5–24.8)
TC (mg/dL)	217.25 ± 17.89 − (180–245)	220.7 ± 17.71 − (180–246)
HDL-C (mg/dL)	48.55 ± 12.14 − (30–65)	54.9 ± 9.18 − (33–68)
LDL-C (mg/dL)	112.85 ± 17.78 − (83–153)	120.25 ± 23.42 − (82–160)
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	131.55 ± 26.49 − (82–167)	125.6 ± 22.6 − (85–170)
Homa index	3.39 ± 1.32 − (1.21–5.25)	4.58 ± 1.45 − (1.54–6.81)
TyG index	8.51 ± 0.24 (7.99–8.86)	8.61 ± 0.21 (8.19–8.99)