Table 1: Study population characteristics at baseline and at 18 months

N=47 Baseline At 18 months p
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 78 ± 9 80 ± 7 ns
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 126 ± 12 127 ± 13 ns
HDL-C (mg/dL) 44 ± 9 52 ± 13 < 0.001
LDL-C (mg/dL) 124 ± 35 105 ± 31 < 0.001
TC (mg/dL) 200 ± 42 180 ± 32 < 0.001
TG (mg/dL) 129 ± 50 119 ± 40 ns
Fasting glycaemia (mg/dL) 101 ± 19 98 ± 12 ns


Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation, numbers and percentages; HDL-C: High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; p< 0,05 statistically significant.