. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2018 Sep;38(9):2225–2235. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.118.311023

Table 1.

Baseline clinical parameters and laboratory test results of the first study

Parameters	All patients (n=78)	Patients in the 1^st quartile (n=20)	Patients in the 4^st quartile (n=20)	p-value 1^st vs 4^th quartile
Age (years) (mean±SD)	59 ± 14	59 ± 13	59 ± 11	0.65
Sex (% male)	69	70	75	1.00
Systolic BP (mmHg) (mean±SD)	122 ± 23	128 ± 26	131 ± 21	0.33
Diastolic BP (mmHg) (mean±SD)	66 ± 12	68 ± 13	67 ± 9	0.11
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) (mean±SD)	202 ± 14	193 ± 53	208 ± 51	0.92
LDL (mg/dl) (mean±SD)	143 ± 39	138 ± 42	144 ± 36	0.53
HDL (mg/dl) (mean±SD)	49 ± 14	46 ± 14	49 ± 11	0.22
Triglyceride (mg/dl) (median, range)	120 (35 –664)	102 (35 –664)	104 (59 –656)	0.93
CRP (mg/l) (mean±SD)	13 ± 29	29 ± 53	6 ± 7	0.09
Creatinine (μmol/l) (median, range)	84 (36 – 706)	81 (52 – 120)	93 (64 – 706)	0.02
Hb (g/dl) (mean±SD)	14 ± 1.4	14.0 ± 1.5	13.9 ± 1.4	0.92
Leukocytes (tsd/μl) (mean±SD)	7.7 ± 2.8	8.3± 4.4	7.8 ± 2.3	0.57
Platelets (tsd/μl) (median, range)	217 (90–445)	214 (104–257)	220 (113–306)	0.66

BMI: body mass index; HR: heart rate; BP: blood pressure; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; CRP: C-reactive protein; Hb: hemoglobin;