Table 2 Laboratory, radiological, and cardiac assessment

ESR (mm/h)

28.22 ± 11.78

18.33 ± 5.18

0.0001*

hs-CRP (mg/dL)

9.17 ± 3.08

4.8 ± 2.23

0.0001*

TC (mg/dl)

208.13 ± 24.65

163.16 ± 36.68

0.0001*

TG (mg/dl)

169.23 ± 41.53

121.37 ± 39.86

0.0001*

LDL-C (mg/dl)

161.68 ± 30.33

132.76 ± 26.48

0.0001*

HDL-C(mg/dl)

45.76 ± 12.12

50.95 + 14.75

0.02*

TC/HDL-C

4.62 ± 1.74

3.2 ± 0.73

0.0001*

LDL-C/HDL-C

3.76 ± 0.65

2.6 ± 0.89

0.0001*

Serum IL-34 (ng/L)

1861 ± 791

426.86 ± 111.86

0.0001*

cIMT (mm)

0.79 ± 0.34

0.67 ± 0.25

0.013*

Abnormal echo (n)%

(8) 11.4

(6) 8.58

0.57

Abnormal ECG (n)%

(5) 7.14

(4) 5.7

0.73