highly significantp<0.001
onventional units) 0.556 72.13 ? 3.59 47.26 ? 2.91 Blood sedimentation rate, mm/hr 0.462 11.44 ? 0.86 6.61 ? 0.88 Cholesterol + triglycerides, mg% 0.425 412.50 ? 23.44 291.61 ? 8.02 RBC count x 1012/1 0.421 3.81 ? 0.05 4.08 ? 0.04 aDifference between the group-average values for each index is highly significant statistically (p<0.001, Student's t-test).