Gender differences among ischemic heart disease patients enrolled in a cardiac rehabilitation program

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 2 Baseline laboratory and echocardiographic measurements

Variable	Men (n = 30)	Women (n = 30)	p value
Laboratory measurements
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	193.37 ± 25.31	186.33 ± 21.82	0.254
Serum triglycerides, mg/dl	147.3 ± 59.78	131.4 ± 26.54	0.188
LDL-C, mg/dl	123.37 ± 20.33	118.39 ± 18.04	0.32
HDL-C, mg/dl	40.47± 5.92	41.57 ± 4.66	0.427
HbA1c, %	6.14 ± 1.63	7.43 ±2.63	0.033
Echocardiographic measurements
LVEDD, mm	51.17 ± 4.34	48.9 ± 2.63	0.017
LVESD, mm	36.6 ± 3.78	35.3 ± 2.77	0.134
LVEF, %	53.6 ± 5.19	52.2 ± 4.26	0.258

Continuous variables are expressed as mean and standard deviation. LDL-C means low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C means high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA1c means glycated hemoglobin, LVEDD means left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVESD means left ventricular end-systolic diameter, LVEF means left ventricular ejection fraction