Table 1.
Biological characteristics of obese and non-obese atherosclerotic patients.
| Characteristics | Non-obese (N = 15) |
Obese (N = 12) |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.8 | 0.5 | 34.8 | 0.8 | 6.2949E-09 |
| Age (years) | 63.0 | 2.6 | 60.4 | 1.8 | 0.1826 |
| HOMA-IR | 3.4 | 0.3 | 14.4 | 4.2 | 0.0058 |
| Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 14.0 | 1.0 | 14.2 | 3.0 | 0.9543 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.546 | 0.536 | 0.993 | 0.078 | 0.3699 |
| ALT (Unit/L) | 29.27 | 2.98 | 25.75 | 2.80 | 0.4076 |
| AST (Unit/L) | 28.47 | 2.04 | 26.25 | 2.05 | 0.4553 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 151.7 | 6.6 | 171.8 | 7.6 | 0.0571 |
| non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 104. 2 | 8.2 | 130.7 | 5.9 | 0.0271 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 44.3 | 3. 2 | 38.9 | 2.3 | 0.2000 |
| Creatine Kinase (Unit/L) | 167.4 | 24.9 | 145.2 | 20.2 | 0.5091 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) | 66.6 | 4.9 | 65.3 | 5.1 | 0.8600 |
| Sodium (mEq/L) | 139.0 | 0.5 | 138.9 | 0.4 | 0.9045 |
| Potassium (mEq/L) | 4.45 | 0.08 | 4.21 | 0.12 | 0.0952 |
| Chloride (mEq/L) | 104.2 | 0.7 | 104.3 | 0.7 | 0.8957 |
| Total protein (g/dL) | 6.83 | 0.07 | 6.98 | 0.12 | 0.2659 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 4.06 | 0.07 | 3.93 | 0.07 | 0.2217 |
| Uric acid (mg/dL) | 6.11 | 0.34 | 7.58 | 0.56 | 0.0261 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 95.5 | 11.1 | 165.6 | 25.1 | 0.0110 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 99.9 | 3.0 | 120. 1 | 9.3 | 0.0285 |
| Insulin (μU/mL) | 15.5 | 1.4 | 47. 5 | 12.5 | 0.0039 |
| Leptin (ng/mL) | 9.38 | 1.98 | 34.16 | 8.70 | 0.0067 |
| Adiponectin (ng/mL) | 5990.4 | 884.1 | 3198.9 | 348.8 | 0.0162 |
| Standing HR (beats/min) | 63.9 | 2.5 | 68.2 | 2.9 | 0.2631 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 128.3 | 3.5 | 124. 7 | 4.4 | 0.5216 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 79.9 | 1.7 | 81.3 | 2.6 | 0.6321 |
| Monocyte DPP4 MFI | 4836.5 | 223.4 | 5564.7 | 263.1 | 0.0318 |
| Plasma DPP4 activity (relative light unit) | 207,872 | 2558 | 220,505 | 4938 | 0.0229 |
Bold numbers in P value column indicate statistical significance (p < .05).