Table 2 Lipid profile indices of the two study groups

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

195 ± 31.2

183.3 ± 31.2

0.025

Serum LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

124.8 ± 19.5

105.3 ± 23.4

0.03

Serum HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

39 ± 15.6

50.7 ± 11.7

0.03

Non-HDL-C (mg/dl)

156 ± 7.8

132.6 ± 19.5

0.002

Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)

115.7 ± 26.7

89 ± 17.8

0.002

Total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol

5 ± 2

4 ± 1.6

0.003

Triglycerides/HDL cholesterol

1.3 ± 0.8

0.8 ± 0.7

0.0006

LDL cholesterol/HDL cholesterol

3.2 ± 1.3

2 ± 1.5

0.0005

Apolipoprotein B (g/L)

1.6 ± 0.3

1 ± 0.02

0.002

Apolipoprotein A-I (g/L)

0.9 ± 0.2

1.3 ± 0.2

0.002

Apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A-I

1.7 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.1

0.0002