. 2014 Jan 13;13:14. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-14

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study participants

	ACS	SAP	Control	P
	(n = 69)	(n = 85)	(n = 208)	P
Gender (M:F)	49:20	58:27	137:71	0.719
Age (years)	62 (54, 71)^a	65 (59, 72)^a	58 (55, 63)^b	<0.001
Weight (kg)	67.6 ± 12.2	65.1 ± 10.9	64.8 ± 10.5	0.175
Body mass index (kg/m²)	24.6 (22.2, 26.7)	24.2 (22.5, 25.5)	24.1 (22.3, 26.0)	0.813
Waist circumference (cm)	87.8 ± 9.0^a	86.4 ± 8.7^a	82.7 ± 8.3^b	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)	118 (106, 126)^a	118 (110, 128)^a,b	122 (111, 133)^b	0.088
DBP (mmHg)	70 (62, 79)^a	71 (64, 76)^a	81 (72, 87.5)^a	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.5 (3.5, 5.2)^a	4.0 (3.5, 4.6)^a	5.0 (4.3, 5.7)^b	<0.001
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	3.2 (2.6, 3.5)	2.9 (2.4, 3.8)	3.0 (2.4, 3.7)	0.782
Triglyceride (mmol/l)	1.2 (0.8, 1.8)	1.3 (0.8, 2.0)	1.3 (0.9, 1.8)	0.447
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.1 (1.0, 1.3)^a	1.2 (1.0, 1.4)^a	1.4 (1.2, 1.6)^b	<0.001
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.9 (5.4, 6.9)^a	5.9 (5.3, 6.9)^a	5.5 (5.2, 6.0)^a	<0.001
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.8 (0.6, 0.9)^a,b	0.8 (0.6, 0.8)^a	0.8 (0.7, 0.9)^b	0.065
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m²)	101.9 (85.1, 118.9)^a	99.7 (85.1, 113.5)^a	92.6 (84.2, 102.8)^b	0.003
hsCRP (mg/dl)	1.3 (0.4, 8.6)^a	0.9 (0.4, 1.3)^a	0.3 (0.1, 0.9)^b	<0.001
CTRP-3 (ng/ml)	329.6 (267.7, 424.1)^a	332.9 (265.9, 407.3)^a	410.6 (330.7, 537.2)^b	<0.001
Progranulin (ng/ml)	173.8 (142.1, 221.6)	165.6 (138.2, 194.3)	168.3 (146.4, 209.1)	0.394
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	7.0 (5.3, 10.3)	7.1 (5.8, 8.9)	7.4 (5.3, 10.2)	0.875

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median (inter-quartile range).

a, b Same letters indicate no statistical significance based on Tukey’s HSD post-hoc test or Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test. ACS, acute coronary syndrome; SAP, stable angina pectoris; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; CTRP-3, C1q/TNF-related Protein-3.