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.