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. 2010 Aug 6;33(11):2451–2456. doi: 10.2337/dc10-0903

Table 2.

Differences between groups of patients stratified by dichotomous variables (Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test) and associations between continuous variables (Spearman rank correlation) in all patients with S-MBL and in patients with both S-MBL and genotype available

Variable All patients P value Geno- and phenotyped patients P value
n 387 287
Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test S-MBL (μg/1) S-MBL (μg/1)
    Sex
        Male 1,357 (337–2,835) 0.44 1,555 (301–3,287) 0.19
        Female 1,046 (347–2,394) 1,071 (371–2,336)
    Previous myocardial infarction
        Yes 1,354 (346–2,568) 0.71 1,475 (303–2,878) 0.96
        No 1,158 (347–2,836) 1,297 (346–2,930)
    Previous heart failure
        Yes 943 (241–2,100) 0.13 943 (239–2,392) 0.23
        No 1,270 (373–2,860) 1,446 (386–2,930)
    Previous hypertension
        Yes 1,337 (386–2,836) 0.18 1,542 (407–2,941) 0.09
        No 1,041 (234–2,605) 1,026 (n177–2,778)
Spearman rank correlation Correlation coefficient Correlation coefficient
    Age −0.08 0.13 −0.08 0.21
    BMI −0.03 0.52 −0.03 0.65
    Biochemical analysis at admission
        Creatinine clearance 0.08 0.15 0.04 0.49
        Glucose 0.06 0.22 0.05 0.43
        A1C −0.01 0.84 −0.04 0.48

Data are median (quartile 1–quartile 3) or correlation coefficient.