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

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 5 Laboratory and echocardiographic measurements after completion of cardiac rehabilitation program

Variable	Men (n = 30)	Women (n = 30)	p value
Laboratory measurements
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	146.5 ± 12.48	151.07 ± 14.15	0.193
Serum triglycerides, mg/dl	106.27 ± 22.49	112.62 ± 19.06	0.247
LDL-C, mg/dl	77.07 ± 10.45	80.2 ± 14.56	0.345
HDL-C, mg/dl	48.17 ± 5.64	48.9 ± 4.41	0.583
HbA1c, %	5.61 ± 0.9	6.07 ± 0.98	0.074
Echocardiographic measurements
LVEDD, mm	51.35 ± 4.01	48.96 ± 1.99	0.008
LVESD, mm	35.38 ± 4.01	34 ± 2.53	0.138
LVEF, %	59.03 ± 5.23	57.35 ± 4.53	0.209

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