Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

Age (years)

61.2

11.1

Female sex n (%)

41

37.3

Smoking n (%)

19

17.6

Ischemic heart disease n (%)

11

10

Cerebrovascular disease n (%)

3

3.9

Waist circumference (cm)

102.9

11.9

Body mass index (kg/m²)

30.2

4.8

Obesity n (%)

55

50.9

Office systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

132

16

Office diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

77

10

Office pulse pressure (mmHg)

56

15

Heart rate (beats/min)

68

11

Hypertension n (%)

90

81.8

Antihypertensive drugs n (%)

88

81.5

Serum glucose (mg/dL)

103

89.3-128.3

HbA1c (%)

6.3

5.7-7.0

Diabetes n (%)

71

64.5

Antidiabetic drugs n (%)

65

60.2

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

185.3

31.9

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

128

95.0-162.5

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

50.2

11.8

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

109.5

29.7

Dyslipidemia n (%)

68

63.6

Metabolic syndrome n (%)

39

35.5

Lipid lowering drugs n (%)

70

64.8

Cardiovascular risk Framingham D’Agostino

25.3

19.5