Table 2.

Lipid profiles and PCSK9 levels in all patients at presentation

	No cardio-	Cardiovascular	p value	No respiratory	Respiratory	p value
	vascular failure	failure		failure	failure
n	165	35		140	60
PCSK9, ng/ml	286 (227 – 395)	383 (270 – 533)	0.003	287 (222 – 377)	374 (245 – 501)	0.005
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	3.04 (2.21 – 3.81)	2.08 (1.59 – 2.79)	0.0001	3.14 (2.47 – 3.95)	1.98 (1.64 – 2.76)	0.00001
LDL cholesterol, mmol/l	1.48 (0.93 – 2.10)	0.95 (0.56 – 1.36)	0.0001	1.61 (1.06 – 2.14)	0.94 (0.62 – 1.38)	0.0001
HDL cholesterol, mmol/l	0.87 (0.62 – 1.24)	0.60 (0.40 – 0.82)	0.0001	0.92 (0.68 – 1.30)	0.60 (0.40 – 0.82)	0.001
Non-HDL cholesterol, mmol/l	2.08 (1.53 – 2.82)	1.55 (1.07 – 1.98)	0.001	2.23 (1.65 – 2.83)	1.53 (1.01 – 1.98)	0.001
Triglycerides, mmol/l	1.14 (0.78 – 1.58)	1.12 (0.78 – 1.37)	0.495	1.15 (0.78 – 1.60)	1.08 (0.78 – 1.39)	0.18