Table 1.
Baseline data of 131 patients.
| Features | Total (n = 131) |
Stable (n = 65) |
Vulnerable (n = 66) |
Statistics | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n, %) | χ² = 0.89 | 0.345 | |||
| Female | 24 (18.32) | 14 (21.54) | 10 (15.15) | ||
| Male | 107 (81.68) | 51 (78.46) | 56 (84.85) | ||
| Age (years) | 67.61 ± 9.16 | 66.17 ± 8.92 | 69.03 ± 9.23 | t = −1.80 | 0.074 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.98 ± 3.22 | 24.18 ± 3.03 | 23.78 ± 3.40 | t = 0.71 | 0.480 |
| Smoking history (n, %) | χ² = 0.08 | 0.775 | |||
| No | 79 (60.31) | 40 (61.54) | 39 (59.09) | ||
| Yes | 52 (39.69) | 25 (38.46) | 27 (40.91) | ||
| Alcohol history (n, %) | χ² = 3.95 | 0 . 047 | |||
| No | 104 (79.39) | 47 (72.31) | 57 (86.36) | ||
| Yes | 27 (20.61) | 18 (27.69) | 9 (13.64) | ||
| Hypertension (n, %) | χ² = 0.06 | 0.801 | |||
| No | 33 (25.19) | 17 (26.15) | 16 (24.24) | ||
| Yes | 98 (74.81) | 48 (73.85) | 50 (75.76) | ||
| Type 2 diabetes (n, %) | χ² = 0.46 | 0.498 | |||
| No | 87 (66.41) | 45 (69.23) | 42 (63.64) | ||
| Yes | 44 (33.59) | 20 (30.77) | 24 (36.36) | ||
| Stroke (n, %) | χ² = 2.75 | 0.097 | |||
| No | 63 (48.09) | 36 (55.38) | 27 (40.91) | ||
| Yes | 68 (51.91) | 29 (44.62) | 39 (59.09) | ||
| Alb (g/L) | 39.70 (38.50, 41.20) | 39.70 (39.20, 41.30) | 39.60 (38.02, 41.08) | Z = −1.08 | 0.279 |
| Glu (mmol/L) | 4.99 (4.42, 5.85) | 5.08 (4.60, 5.87) | 4.80 (4.34, 5.71) | Z = −1.40 | 0.162 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.17 (0.81, 1.67) | 1.23 (0.84, 1.68) | 1.15 (0.78, 1.58) | Z = −0.87 | 0.384 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 3.69 (3.17, 4.22) | 3.72 (3.19, 4.22) | 3.65 (3.04, 4.21) | Z = −0.24 | 0.813 |
| HDL (mmol/L) | 1.10 (0.90, 1.33) | 1.04 (0.88, 1.32) | 1.15 (0.97, 1.35) | Z = −1.04 | 0.297 |
| LDL (mmol/L) | 1.90 (1.60, 2.54) | 1.93 (1.62, 2.41) | 1.88 (1.54, 2.63) | Z = −0.12 | 0.903 |
| Apo AⅠ (g/L) | 1.07 (0.93, 1.22) | 1.05 (0.93, 1.22) | 1.10 (0.92, 1.23) | Z = −0.50 | 0.616 |
| Apo B (g/L) | 0.62 (0.56, 0.79) | 0.62 (0.57, 0.77) | 0.62 (0.54, 0.79) | Z = −0.16 | 0.876 |
| CRP (mg/L) | 3.60 (2.50, 5.45) | 3.60 (2.70, 5.20) | 3.50 (2.50, 5.70) | Z = −0.03 | 0.978 |
| Hb (g/L) | 134.00 (124.00,145.50) | 134.00 (122.00, 145.00) | 134.00 (124.25, 145.75) | Z = −0.30 | 0.763 |
| PCT (ng/ml) | 0.05 (0.03, 0.17) | 0.04 (0.03, 0.13) | 0.05 (0.03, 0.19) | Z = −1.21 | 0.227 |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 6.90 (3.60, 15.32) | 5.70 (2.41, 13.65) | 9.30 (4.41, 15.96) | Z = −2.23 | 0.026 |
| D-dimer (mg/L) | 0.33 (0.21, 0.58) | 0.31 (0.18, 0.51) | 0.35 (0.25, 0.63) | Z = −1.11 | 0.266 |
| TSH (mIU/L) | 2.25 (1.53, 3.42) | 1.74 (1.38, 2.40) | 2.91 (2.04, 3.63) | Z = −4.24 | <.001 |
| FT3 (pmol/L) | 4.64 (4.28, 4.92) | 4.64 (4.41, 4.92) | 4.62 (4.21, 4.97) | Z = −0.62 | 0.533 |
| FT4 (pmol/L) | 16.10 (14.75, 17.60) | 16.30 (15.00, 17.50) | 15.90 (14.07, 17.95) | Z = −0.24 | 0.813 |
| TSHI | 2.95 (2.65, 3.33) | 2.75 (2.39, 3.03) | 3.20 (2.85, 3.45) | Z = −4.49 | <.001 |
| TT4RI | 35.36 (25.38, 52.61) | 28.39 (23.43, 39.02) | 45.33 (33.68, 56.30) | Z = −4.52 | <.001 |
| TFQI | 0.02 (−0.21, 0.24) | −0.09 (−0.27, 0.05) | 0.12 (−0.11, 0.35) | Z = −3.45 | <.001 |
Abbreviations are provided in Supplementary Materials.
The bold values indicate P < 0.05.