The Effect of Sex Differences on Endothelial Function and Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Hypertriglyceridemia

Table 1

Clinical and biochemical characteristics.

Characteristics	Normotriglyceridemic women (n = 20)	HTG women (n = 20)	Normotriglyceridemic men (n = 20)	HTG men (n = 20)
Age (years)	44.8 ± 3.4	45.3 ± 3.28	46.6 ± 4.4	46.2 ± 3.6
Height (cm)	162.7 ± 5.4	160.6 ± 6.7	168.1 ± 6.0^#	169.2 ± 6.2^#
Weight (kg)	68.6 ± 6.5	69.1 ± 6.0	75.0 ± 5.3^#	75.3 ± 4.3^#
BMI (kg/cm^2)	25.9 ± 2.3	26.8 ± 2.2	26.2 ± 2.2	26.7 ± 1.6
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	123.2 ± 9.0	125.2 ± 3.4	124.3 ± 8.7	127.0 ± 4.4^☆
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	75.3 ± 7.2	78.0 ± 5.9	76.1 ± 7.5	78.3 ± 5.1^☆
Heart rate (beats/min)	78.8 ± 9.3	81.3 ± 8.3	77.5 ± 7.7	78.3 ± 8.8
AST (mmol/L)	28.1 ± 6.2	26.7 ± 5.1	25.8 ± 6.3	28.8 ± 3.1
ALT (mmol/L)	23.3 ± 6.9	22.4 ± 5.5	21.4 ± 5.1	24.3 ± 5.7
BUN (mmol/L)	4.6 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 1.1	4.9 ± 0.7	5.1 ± 0.8
Cr (mmol/L)	60.4 ± 11.7	64.6 ± 13.6	61.3 ± 12.0	64.7 ± 12.1
LDL (mmol/L)	2.81 ± 0.45	2.69 ± 0.45	2.73 ± 0.42	2.57 ± 0.40
TC (mmol/L)	4.70 ± 0.50	4.50 ± 0.56	4.51 ± 0.62	4.34 ± 0.63
HDL (mmol/L)	1.31 ± 0.23	0.97 ± 0.15^☆	1.34 ± 0.15	0.93 ± 0.14^☆
TG (mmol/L)	1.53 ± 0.17	3.42 ± 0.73^☆	1.48 ± 0.16	3.66 ± 0.75^☆
FPG (mmol/L)	4.66 ± 0.84	4.47 ± 0.50	4.44 ± 0.45	4.83 ± 0.45
Estradiol (pmol/L)	224.48 ± 33.4	212.3 ± 35.7	104.2 ± 19.9^#	110.92 ± 16.6^#
FMD (%)	8.97 ± 1.99	8.22 ± 1.56	7.60 ± 1.66^#	5.85 ± 1.77^#☆

BMI, body mass index; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; TC, total cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TG, triglyceride; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; hrCRP, hypersensitive C-reactive protein; FMD, flow-mediated brachial artery dilatation; HTG, hypertriglyceridemic. Notes: data are given as mean ± SD. ☆vs normotriglyceridemic subjects; # vs. premenopausal women.