Table 5. Correlation Between E-Selectin and FMD and Biochemical Markers of Endothelial Dysfunction Before and After Statin Treatment in the Patients (Mean ± SD) .
| E-selectin | Before treatment |
After treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation factor (r) | P value | Correlation factor (r) | P value | |
| %FMD change | -0.452 | 0.012* | -0.341 | 0.065 |
| sICAM-1 | 0.434 | 0.016* | 0.278 | 0.142 |
| Endothelin | 0.132 | 0.488 | 0.297 | 0.111 |
| hs-CRP | 0.078 | 0.682 | 0.099 | 0.601 |
| Total-cholesterol | 0.367 | 0.046* | 0.347 | 0.060 |
| LDL-cholesterol | 0.385 | 0.036* | 0.429 | 0.018* |
| Triglyceride | 0.058 | 0.763 | -0.101 | 0.596 |
*P < 0.05. sICAM-1: soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; FMD: flow-mediated dilatation.