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Table 1
Characteristics of study patients.
| Men (n = 48) | Women (n = 140) | ||||
| means | SD | means | SD | p | |
| Age, years | 83.1 | 8.0 | 84.7 | 6.9 | 0.185 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24.5 | 4.6 | 24.4 | 6.0 | 0.916 |
| Systolic BP, mmHg | 127 | 25 | 131 | 21 | 0.28 |
| Diastolic BP, mmHg | 65 | 12 | 62 | 12 | 0.137 |
| HDL-C, mmol/L | 1.11 | 0.28 | 1.25 | 0.36 | 0.015 |
| LDL-C, mmol/L | 2.87 | 0.76 | 3.28 | 1.16 | 0.023 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.22 | 0.48 | 1.57 | 0.72 | 0.002 |
| Fasting serum glucose, mmol/L | 7.07 | 2.35 | 6.61 | 2.25 | 0.228 |
| Fasting serum insulin, pmol/L | 22.16 | 28.90 | 20.07 | 28.00 | 0.659 |
| HOMA-IR | 8.03 | 11.62 | 6.77 | 11.30 | 0.509 |
Data are presented as the mean and SD. BMI – Body Mass Index, HDL-C – HDL cholesterol, LDL-C – LDL cholesterol, HOMA-IR – HOmeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance.
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