Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population

Gender (M/F)

165/145

187/133

0.188

Age, years (Mean ± SD)

62.42 ± 7.02

63.42 ± 8.52

0.105

Diabetes mellitus (%)

50 (19.2)

66 (20.6)

0.175

TC (mmol/L)

4.02 ± 1.01

4.61 ± 1.21

 < 0.001

TG (mmol/L)

1.62 ± 0.95

2.01 ± 1.61

 < 0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.60 ± 0.93

1.04 ± 0.26

 < 0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.54 ± 0.86

2.97 ± 1.18

 < 0.001