Table 1 Anthropometric and biochemical features of the subjects under study

Sample number

415

225

-

Age (years)

59.1 ± 12.6

56 ± 10.5

0.002

 Males (n)

222

123

0.27

 Females (n)

193

102

Diabetes (%)

64.6

13.6

5.1 × 10⁻³⁴

Hypertension (%)

62.1

16.4

8.9 × 10⁻²⁸

Smoking (%)

29.5

10.5

7.3 × 10⁻⁰⁸

Total cholesterole (mmol/L)

5.37

4.54

7.8 × 10⁻¹³

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

2.4

2.12

2.3 × 10-5

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.17

1.74

1.5 × 10⁻⁶⁵

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.74

2.19

6.1 × 10⁻²¹