highly significantp < 0.001
2.49 ± 0.88 versus 3.12 ± 1.01; TC/HDL-C: 3.94 ± 1.07 versus 4.81 ± 1.46), glucose (83.08 ± 21.49 versus 88.64 ± 25.12), blood pressure (SBP: 126.47 ± 18.87 versus 133.74 ± 17.97; DBP: 80.67 ± 10.37 versus 84.14 ± 10.55), and BMI (26.61 ± 85.88 versus 27.09 ± 44.67) as compared to males, which was highly significant ( p < 0.001; Table 2 ).