Evaluation of Lipid Profile in Patients with Cherry Angioma: A Case-Control Study in Guilan, Iran

Table 1

Characteristics of participants in the case and control groups.

Variable	Case	Control	value
Age (year)	43.98 ± 9.11	43.48 ± 11.55	0.21
Sex
Male	33 (27%)	44 (36.1%)	0.13
Female	89 (73%)	78 (63.9%)
Skin phototype
2	12 (9.8%)	8 (6.6%)	0.476
3	54 (44.3%)	50 (41%)
4	52 (42.6%)	62 (50.8%)
5	4 (3.3%)	2 (1.6%)
Levels of serum lipids (mg/dl)
Triglyceride	167.37 ± 86.38	144.8 ± 105.40	0.004^✕
Cholesterol	200.39 ± 43.21	175.05 ± 38.15	<0.001^✕
LDL	117.52 ± 29.31	100.64 ± 31.30	<0.001^✕
HDL	50.24 ± 25.28	45.58 ± 13.52	0.096^✕

were described by number (percent) or mean ± standard deviation; -Whitney, square, ’s exact test, ^✕Kruskal-wallis.