Clinical and Biochemical profile.

Gender, age, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), disease (percent of pharmacological treatment: Tx) and smoking prevalence, systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure, red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Ht), plasma glucose, insulin, homeostasis model assessment (HOMA), plasma triglycerides (Tg), total (T-Chol) and high-density-lipoprotein (HDL-Chol) cholesterol in the whole study population. Results are reported as Mean ± SD (Range).