Table 2. Endothelial function, brachial intima-media thickness, ankle-brachial index and serologic parameters of endothelial function in the different subgroups of patients with cardiovascular death events and in survivors.

	Death vascular (n = 49)	Survivor (n = 102)	Total (n = 151)	Sign.
FMD (%)	1.17 (0.0, 4.3)	4.1 (1.2, 6.4)	3.0 (0.3, 6.0)	<0.001
NMD (%)	12.32±7.04	14.74±7.57	13.98±7.47	0.087
B-IMT (mm)	0.37 (0.30, 0.42)	0.21 (0.15, 0.38)	0.30 (0.16, 0.40)	<0.001
ABI	0.64 (0.51, 0.88)	0.71 (0.59, 0.89)	0.69 (0.56, 0.89)	0.115
Homoarginine (µmol/l)	1.43 (1.00, 1.84)	1.63 (1.24, 2.07)	1.58 (1.13, 1.99)	0.050
ADMA (µmol/l)	0.75 (0.68, 0.86)	0.71 (0.66, 0.75)	0.72 (0.67, 0.77)	0.006
SDMA (µmol/l)	0.85 (0.67, 1.02)	0.69 (0.60, 0.80)	0.70 (0.62, 0.90)	<0.001

FMD Flow Mediated Dilatation; NMD Nitrogen Mediated Dilatation; B-IMT Brachial Intima-Media Thickness; ABI Ankle-Brachial Index; ADMA Asymmetric Dimethylarginine; SDMA Symmetric Dimethylarginine.