Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the studied subjects from the different groups.

Age, years

27.9 ± 7.01

27.4 ± 6.0

0.403

29.4 ± 6.8

27.7 ± 7.9

0.646

Systolic BP, mmHg

110.9 ± 7.1

110.7 ± 5.4

0.410

110.8 ± 7.2

112.5 ± 3.9

0.255

Diastolic BP, mmHg

74.7 ± 6.0

73.3 ± 8.3

0.550

74.6 ± 5.7

74.5 ± 6.0

0.760

BMI^a, Kg/m²

25.2 ± 3.4

25.7 ± 3.6

0.706

25.2 ± 3.6

27.5 ± 3.9

0.900

HR, bpm

66 ± 4

69 ± 10

0.414

67 ± 8

68 ± 12

0.497

Creatinine, umol/L

97 ± 7

97 ± 10

0.184

97 ± 7

97 ± 8

0.577

Glucose, mmol/L

4.3 ± 0.4

4.2 ± 0.5

0.410

4.3 ± 0.4

4.0 ± 0.4

0.765

Total Cholesterol^b

4.3 ± 0.92

4.7 ± 0.78

0.787

4.4 ± 0.95

5.0 ± 0.8

0.814

Triglycerides^b

1.2 ± 0.7

1.06 ± 0.4

0.206

1.17 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.2

0.052

HDL-Cholesterol^b

1.3 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.4

0.870

1.3 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.4

0.798

LDL-Cholesterol^b

2.5 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 1.2

0.330

2.6 ± 0.9

2.8 ±1.7

0.131

NOu^c

6.8 ± 0.8

7.2 ± 0.5

0.271

6.9 ± 0.9

7.2 ± 0.5

0.253

ACE activity (mU/mg)

0.37 ± 0.37

0.27 ± 0.26

0.089

0.41 ± 0.37

0.2 ± 0.2

0.077

CRP (mg/L)^d

1.3 ±1.7

2.3 ± 2.2

0.202

1.3 ±1.8

3.6 ± 2.0

P < 0.05

Homocysteine µM

9.9 ± 2.6

11.4 ± 2.8

0.952

10.0 ± 2.3

12.7 ± 1.5

P < 0.05