Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of population
|
Feature |
|
Value (±SD) |
Value (±SD) |
Value (±SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEA patients for secretome (N=14) | CEA patients for plasma validation (N=34) | Healthy volunteers (N=10) | ||
| Gender |
Females (n) |
4 |
10 |
4 |
| |
Males (n) |
10 |
24 |
6 |
| Age (years±SD) |
|
72±9 |
74±7 |
70±5 |
| Symptomatic (n) |
|
6 |
11 |
- |
| Type of event |
Stroke (n) |
2 |
3 |
- |
| |
TIA (n) |
4 |
8 |
- |
| Asymptomatic (n) |
|
8 |
23 |
- |
| Stenosis of ICA (%±SD) |
|
80±9* |
79±8* |
- |
| Diabetes (n) |
|
6 |
9 |
- |
| Hypertension (n) |
|
10 |
27 |
1 |
| Smoking (n) |
|
4 |
13 |
1 |
| Statin treatment (n) |
|
10 |
21 |
- |
| AntiaggregantTherapy (n) |
|
14 |
32 |
- |
| Hypercholesterolemia (n) | 4 | 18 | 2 |
Categorical values are given as number of patients (n).
Continuous variables are given as mean±SD.
TIA: Transient Ischemic Attack. ICA: Internal Carotid Artery.
*Stenosis was measured by carotid EchoColor Doppler.