# Characteristics Free-living healthy senior subjects Hypercholesterolemic subjects
    Group-A Group-B Group-C Group-D
1 Subjects        
  Males (n) 11 11 22 22
  Females (n) 5 5 10 10
  Total (males + females) n = 16 16 32 32
2 Age (years)        
  Males 66.82 ± 2.33* 65.73 ± 1.89* 58.50 ± 0.66* 57.68 ± 1.15*
  Females 68.00 ± 4.44 68.00 ± 1.10 57.80 ± 0.87 56.60 ± 1.50
  Total (males + females) 65.41 ± 3.39 66.86 ± 1.50 58.15 ± 0.77 57.14 ± 1.33
3 Body weight (kg)        
  Males 79.36 ± 1.50 81.45 ± 0.97 72.32 ± 0.87 72.64 ± 0.65
  Females 78..00 ± 1.87 79.60 ± 1.21 73.00 ± 1.26 75.00 ± 1.67
  Total (males + females) 78.68 ± 1.69 80.53 ± 1.09 72.66 ± 1.07 73.82 ± 1.16
4 Body mass index (kg/m2)        
  Males 24.82 ± 0.38 26.07 ± 0.37 23.04 ± 0.29 24.16 ± 0.32
  Females 25.67 ± 0.92 31.08 ± 0.81 27.07 ± 0.75 27.26 ± 0.68
  Total (males + females) 25.25 ± 0.65 28.57 ± 2.51 25.05 ± 2.20 25.71 ± 0.50
5 Initial height (m)        
  Males 1.79 ± 0.01 1.77 ± 0.01 1.77 ± 0.01 1.74 ± 0.01
  Females 1.75 ± 0.04 1.60 ± 0.01 1.65 ± 0.03 1.66 ± 0.03
  Total (males + females) 1.77 ± 0.03 1.69 ± 0.01 1.71 ± 0.02 1.70 ± 0.02
6 Blood pressure (mmHg)        
  Males        
  Pre-treatment (systolic/diastolic) 134.55 ± 1.42/87.73 ± 1.04 137.73 ± 1.56/88.64 ± 1.92 140.45 ± 1.14/90.68 ± 1.24 138.64 ± 1.00/91.59 ± 0.83
  Post-treatment 130.00 ± 0.95/81.82 ± 0.76 135.00 ± 1.51/85.91 ± 1.13 135.00 ± 0.99/84.09 ± 0.91 135.23 ± 0.96/87.50 ± 1.17
  Females        
  Pre-treatment 138.00 ± 2.00/88.00 ± 3.00 138.00 ± 2.00/91.00 ± 2.92 143.00 ± 1.70/92.50 ± 2.01 139.00 ± 1.63/90.00 ± 1.97
  Post-treatment 133.00 ± 2.00/83.00 ± 1.22 133.00 ± 2.00/88.00 ± 1.22 135.50 ± 1.89/86.00 ± 1.45 134.00 ± 1.45/85.50 ± 1.74
  Total (males + females)        
  Pre-treatment 136.00 ± 1.70/87.90 ± 2.02 137.86 ± 1.78/89.82 ± 2.42 141.73 ± 1.42/91.59 ± 1.63 138.82 ± 1.32/90.80 ± 1.40
  Post-treatment 131.50 ± 1.50/82.40 ± 0.99 134.00 ± 1.76/86.95 ± 1.18 135.25 ± 1.44/85.05 ± 1.18 134.61 ± 1.21/86.50 ± 1.46
7 Initial total cholesterol (mmol/L)        
  Males 4.46 ± 0.13 4.03 ± 0.20 5.91 ± 0.08 6.06 ± 0.12
  Females 4.51 ± 0.24 4.20 ± 0.35 6.11 ± 0.14 6.52 ± 0.17
  Total (males + females) 4.48 ± 0.19 4.12 ± 0.28 6.01 ± 0.11 6.29 ± 0.15
8 Initial triglycerides (mmol/L)        
  Males 1.37 ± 0.13 1.16 ± 0.07 1.74 ± 0.14 2.16 ± 0.13
  Females 1.68 ± 0.32 1.34 ± 0.19 1.66 ± 0.17 2.19 ± 0.19
  Total (males + females) 1.52 ± 0.23 1.25 ± 0.13 1.70 ± 0.16 2.17 ± 0.16
1The subjects were fasted for 12 h, and the Physical Examination was done at 0800 h
*Data expressed as means ± SE (Standard Error)
Table 1: Characteristics of the study populations of free-living healthy senior and hypercholesterolemic human subjects1.