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

Table 2

Patients’ demographics (one patient in the AGE group did not report smoking status).

Variable	AGE (n = 14)	Placebo (n = 15)
	%	%
Age (years) (SD)	62.6 (SD 5.2)	62.8 (SD 4.9)	0.9
Gender, female	14	15	1.0
Hypertension	79	67	0.49
Hypercholesterolaemia	21	60	0.035
Diabetes mellitus	21	20	0.93
Current smoker	0	0	1.0
Family history of CVD	93	100	0.34
Framingham risk score (SD)	15 (SD 3)	14 (SD 2)	0.83