Baseline Characteristics of the Study Participants
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.SI conversion factors: To convert HDL-C and LDL-C to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0259; triglycerides to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0113; glucose to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0555; insulin to pmol/L, multiply by 6.945; vitamin BData are presented as number (percentage) of patients unless otherwise indicated.Analyses were completed using R Studio, version 2022.12.0 (Posit Software). A 2-sided 