Improving Total-Cholesterol/HDL-Cholesterol Ratio Results in an Endothelial Dysfunction Recovery in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients

Table 2

Initial lipid-profile values and values after 1 month of treatment with atorvastatin.

	Mean ± DS	𝑃
Total CHOL baseline	5.4 ± 1.3 mmol L^−1	0.0001
Total CHOL after treatment	3.8 ± 0.1 mmol L^−1
LDL-CHOL baseline	3.4 ± 1. mmol L^−1	0.0001
LDL-CHOL after treatment	1.8 ± 0.6 mmol L^−1
HDL-CHOL baseline	1.3 ± 0.3 mmol L^−1	0.12
HDL-CHOL after treatment	1.4 ± 0.4 mmol L^−1
CHOL/HDL baseline	4 ± 0.9 mmol L^−1	0.0001
CHOL/HDL after treatment	2.7 ± 0.6 mmol L^−1
TGC baseline	1.3 ± 0.5 mmol L^−1	0.024
TGC after treatment	1.1 ± 0.4 mmol L^−1
TGC/HDL baseline	2.3 ± 1.3 mmol L^−1	0.113
TGC/HDL after treatment	2 ± 1.2 mmol L^−1