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. 2015 Jul 1;1:15023. doi: 10.1038/npjschz.2015.23

Table 3. Vascular and metabolic parameters.

Schizophrenia (N)
Control (N)
P-value
Total sample 51
51
Mean s.d. Mean s.d.
Vascular parameters
 Velocity time integral (cm) 104.9 33.0 129.1 33.8 <0.001
 Flow-mediated dilation (%) 7.1 4.8 7.1 3.8 0.933
 Pulse arterial tonometry 1.94 0.58 1.92 0.43 0.862
         
Baseline diameter of brachial artery (cm) 4.06 0.671 3.97 0.636 0.488
         
Metabolic parameters
 Total cholesterol (mmol/l) 4.72 0.82 4.37 0.73 0.028
 HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.15 0.30 1.49 0.46 <0.001
 LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) 2.71 0.79 2.38 0.69 0.033
 Glucose fasting (mmol/l) 5.24 1.07 4.79 0.36 0.007
 Hemoglobin A1c (%) 5.65 0.29 5.39 0.28 <0.001
 Hemoglobin (g/l) 148 14 150 13 0.415
Median 25th , 75th percentile Median 25th , 75th percentile
Creatinine (μmol/l) 77 21 77 15 0.890
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (mg/l) 1.50 (0.70, 3.22) 0.80 (0.40, 1.22) 0.003
Insulin (pmol/l) 58.9 (42.9, 96.4) 34.8 (22.6, 42.6) <0.001
HOMA-IR 1.82 (1.25, 3.36) 1.04 (0.66, 1.34) <0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/l) 1.61 (1.11, 2.57) 0.88 (0.67, 1.21) <0.001

Abbreviations: HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance; LDL, high-density lipoprotein.