Table 1 Demographic and laboratory characteristics of the study population

Age (years)

67.1 ± 7.53

62.8 ± 3.96

0.133

Male sex (%)

80

90

0.531

BMI (kg/m²)

27.84 ± 1.95

27.75 ± 2.2

0.920

Diabetes mellitus (%)

40

30

0.660

Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)

59.3 ± 8.43

63.3 ± 8.6

0.309

Creatinine (μmol/l)

75.3 ± 9.47

78.8 ± 7.05

0.361

CRP (mg/l)

4.51 ± 6.19

2.22 ± 4.53

0.358

ASAT (μmol/l*s)

0.53 ± 0.1

0.57 ± 0.34

0.699

ALAT (μmol/l*s)

0.73 ± 0.23

0.734 ± 0.4

0.979

γ-GT (μmol/l*s)

0.94 ± 0.56

0.67 ± 0.37

0.222

Cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.54 ± 1.07

5.06 ± 1.21

0.332

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

3.02 ± 2.37

2.17 ± 1.45

0.350