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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Mar 4;51(9):913–919. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.10.048

Table 2.

Median Lp-PLA2 Levels by Baseline Characteristics

Variable n Lp-PLA2
(ng/ml)
IQR p Value
Gender
    Male 577 496 234 0.12
    Female 500 477 202

Age, yrs
    <70 471 478 223 0.15
    ≥70 606 496 209

Diabetes
    Diabetic patients 144 514 235 0.14
    Nondiabetic patients 933 487 216

Smoking
    Current smokers 136 510 246 0.23
    Nonsmokers 939 487 214

Exercise
    Exercise ≥3× per week 875 485 215 0.086
    Exercise <3× per week 202 517 227

Alcohol
    Daily alcohol drinkers 477 476 216 0.048
    Less than daily drinkers 599 498 216

IQR = interquartile range; Lp-PLA2 = lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2.