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Patient characteristics for the 25 samples in the microarray analysis
| Intermediate lesions group (n = 11) | Advanced lesions group (n = 14) | |
| Age* | 76.1 ± 4.68 | 76.6 ± 3.79 |
| Male, n (%) | 8(72.7) | 12(85.7) |
| Hypertension†, n (%) | ||
| Yes | 4(36.4) | 9(64.3) |
| no | 7(63.6) | 5(35.7) |
| Hypercholesterolemia, n (%) | ||
| Yes | 9(81.8) | 11(78.6) |
| no | 2(18.2) | 3(21.4) |
| Diabetes, n (%) | ||
| Yes | 7(63.6) | 10(71.4) |
| no | 4(36.4) | 4(28.6) |
*as mean ± SD.
† P < 0.05 (Student t test)
