Aged Garlic Extract Reduces IL-6: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial in Females with a Low Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Table 1

Patients’ risk profiles (one patient withdrew consent before background information was confirmed and one patient in each group did not answer the questions on smoking status and family history).

Variable	Included (n = 31)	Excluded (n = 32)
	%	%
Age (years) (SD)	62.55 (SD 4.8)	66.13 (SD 5.75)	0.009
Gender (female)	31	32	1.0
Hypertension	73	78.1	0.67
Hypercholesterolaemia	43	65.6	0.08
Diabetes mellitus	20.7	18.8	0.90
Current smoker	0	10	0.08
Family history of CVD	90	97	0.297
Framingham risk score (SD)	15 (SD 3)	19 (SD 6)	0.41
CAC score (SD)	0.44 (SD 1.33)	138.07 (SD 156.87)	<0.001