Table 3.

Lysophosphatidylcholine and oxysterols in carotid plaques from control and type 2 diabetic patients. Data are expressed as mean +/- S.D. (for normal distribution), medians [25th-75th percentiles]. Groups were compared with a Student’s test or Kruskall-Wallis non-parametric test

	Controls	Type 2 Diabetics	p.overall
	N = 98	N = 101
Total LPC (mmol/mol cholesterol)	5.23 [3.05;6.93]	4.84 [3.36;8.10]	0.941
	LPC relative levels
16.0.LPC.sn1	40.5 (2.81)	40.8 (3.10)	0.543
16.0.LPC.sn2	6.84 [6.07;7.46]	6.82 [6.12;7.55]	0.977
18.2.LPC.sn1	5.38 [4.08;6.84]	5.26 [3.89;6.89]	0.829
18.2.LPC.sn2	1.06 [0.74;1.37]	1.02 [0.80;1.44]	0.946
18.1.LPC.sn1	10.0 (2.04)	9.83 (1.81)	0.505
18.1.LPC.sn2	1.83 [1.54;2.23]	1.88 [1.52;2.12]	0.870
18.0.LPC.sn1	26.2 (4.18)	25.5 (4.28)	0.294
18.0.LPC.sn2	4.52 [3.92;5.44]	4.49 [3.65;5.29]	0.333
20.4.LPC.sn1	1.50 [1.13;1.98]	1.55 [1.19;2.26]	0.132
20.4.LPC.sn2	0.37 [0.26;0.62]	0.45 [0.34;0.75]	0.013
20.3.LPC.sn1	0.84 [0.65;1.07]	0.87 [0.68;1.21]	0.201
20.3.LPC.sn2	0.20 [0.14;0.26]	0.19 [0.15;0.30]	0.337
Oxysterols (mmol/mol cholesterol)
27-Hydroxycholesterol	3.33 [2.02;7.25]	3.35 [1.84;6.74]	0.945
25-Hydroxycholesterol	0.39 [0.28;0.62]	0.43 [0.30;0.75]	0.273
7α-Hydroxycholesterol	0.75 [0.44;1.11]	0.78 [0.49;1.47]	0.246
7β-Hydroxycholesterol	0.94 [0.64;1.27]	1.11 [0.70;1.76]	0.063
7-ketocholesterol	2.03 [1.16;3.88]	1.93 [1.11;3.94]	0.940