Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population summarized by type of treatment and according to the gender.

Data are shown as absolute (n) and relative (%) frequencies for categorical variables and as means (±SD) for continuous variables. P-values refer to the statistical significance of the difference across the four treatments or between the two genders. BMI: Body Mass Index; CV: Cardiovascular; SD: Standard Deviation. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population summarized by type of treatment and according to the gender.