Table 2. Inflammatory and coagulation markers stratified by quartiles of sdLDL-C levels.

	sdLDL-C, mg/dL
	< 21.0	21.0–29.7	29.8–42.4	> 42.4	p1-value	p2-value
	n = 150	n = 149	n = 147	n = 148
hs-CRP, mg/dL	0.14 ± 0.36	0.15 ± 0.24	0.15 ± 0.17	0.26 ± 0.70	0.0152	0.0747
White blood cells; 103/µL	5.63 ± 1.47	5.93 ± 1.59	5.90 ± 1.29	6.53 ± 1.74	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Neutrophils, 103/µL	3.18 ± 1.08	3.36 ± 1.21	3.33 ± 1.02	3.78 ± 1.37	0.0004	< 0.0001
Lymphocytes, 103/µL	1.94 ± 0.60	2.07 ± 0.57	2.08 ± 0.51	2.19 ± 0.59	0.0004	0.0003
Monocytes, 103/µL	0.28 ± 0.10	0.31 ± 0.12	0.29 ± 0.10	0.32 ± 0.11	0.0495	0.0013
Eosinophils, 103/µL	0.03 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.02	0.1462	0.3579
Basophils, 103/µL	0.16 ± 0.12	0.17 ± 0.13	0.18 ± 0.12	0.18 ± 0.12	0.6724	0.1352
Hemoglobin, g/dL	14.70 ± 1.41	15.10 ± 1.28	15.21 ± 1.21	15.57 ± 1.14	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Hematocrit, %	44.49 ± 3.70	45.51 ± 3.37	45.87 ± 3.13	46.49 ± 2.96	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Red blood cells, 106/µL	5.03 ± 0.53	5.24 ± 0.85	5.18 ± 0.45	5.25 ± 0.45	0.0067	0.0002
Platelets, 103/µL	238.19 ± 52.52	250.04 ± 58.54	253.25 ± 51.10	257.18 ± 57.87	0.0026	0.0033
Fibrinogen, mg/dL	257.27 ± 58.67	264.97 ± 53.64	262.98 ± 52.83	277.16 ± 55.23	0.0047	0.0031
D-dimer, mg/L	0.33 ± 0.27	0.31 ± 0.24	0.35 ± 0.58	0.31 ± 0.24	0.9968	0.7726

p1-value is from trend test comparisons. p2-value is comparing sdLDL-C quartile 4 with quartile 1.

Abbreviations: hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein