Table 3 Biochemical characteristics of study population, analysed by t-test and Chi-square

FBS (mg/dl)

94.89 ± 25.93

120.76 ± 52.63

* < 0.001

TC (mg/dl)

146.69 ± 37.71

177.38 ± 58.91

* < 0.001

TG (mg/dl)

128.43 ± 58.79

151.15 ± 80.49

0/006*

HDL (mg/dl)

40.32 ± 14.83

37.3 ± 19.13

0/035*

LDL (mg/dl)

77.67 ± 27.40

94.03 ± 34.32

* < 0.001

Sd-LDL (mg/dl)

15.58 ± 6.14

32.25 ± 11.54

* < 0.001

Ox-LDL (U/L)

35.41 ± 8.91

40.71 ± 11.34

* < 0.001

ACE activity (μmol/min.l)

39.68 ± 37.08

49.69 ± 40.33

0/026*

Family history of CAD n (%)^a

53(36.6%)

102(66.2%)

* < 0.001

Hypertension n (%)^b

61(42.1%)

87(56.5%)

0.009

Cigarette smoking n (%)^c

18(12.4%)

59(38.3%)

* < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus n (%)^d

15(10.3%)

39(25.3%)

* < 0.001