Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients

	RYR	Placebo	P-value
Age (years), mean ± SD	63 ± 8	64 ± 9	0.566
Male, n (%)	17	23	0.475
Statin, n (%)
Atorvastatin 10 mg	3	7	0.671
Atorvastatin 20 mg	16	14
Atorvastatin 40 mg	4	9
Rosuvastatin 5 mg	8	6
Rosuvastatin 10 mg	4	3
Rosuvastatin 20 mg	5	7
Rosuvastatin 40 mg	3	3
TG (mg/dL), mean ± SD	133.6 ± 68.3	117.3 ± 63.6	0.23
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD	164.2 ± 34.4	147.1 ± 25	0.007
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD	100.9 ± 24.2	87.4 ± 20.8	0.005
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD	43.7 ± 10.1	42.6 ± 12.1	0.642
Hs-CRP (mg/dL), mean ± SD	1.59 ± 2.3	1.4 ± 2.16	0.78
Daily calories intake (kcal/day)	2340 ± 120	2297 ± 139	0.11

RYR Red yeast rice,SD Standard deviation, TG Triglyceride, LDL Low-density lipoprotein, HDL High-density lipoprotein, Hs-CRP High-sensitivity C-reactive protein