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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2019 Nov 2;26(5):371–380. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.10.011

Table 4.

Serum Biomarker Profile by Diastolic Dysfunction Status

Biomarker Domain Diastolic Dysfunction Absent (N=101) Diastolic Dysfunction Present (N=94) P Value
Ventricular wall stress
 NT-proBNP (pg/mL) 26.2 (12.0, 46.8) 36.1 (22.7, 85.3) <0.01
 NT-proBNP >100 pg/mL 9 (9) 20 (21) 0.01
Myocardial injury
 High-sensitivity troponin I (pg/mL) 2.5 (1.8, 3.5) 3.6 (2.6, 5.1) <0.01
 High-sensitivity troponin I >3.0 pg/mL 37 (37) 56 (61) <0.01
Inflammation
 hs-CRP (ug/mL) 1.6 (0.8, 4.0) 2.4 (1.1, 5.7) 0.11
 IL-6 (pg/mL) 0.9 (0.5, 1.3) 1.0 (0.7, 1.6) 0.08
 Oxidized LDL (U/L) 55.3 (44.6, 62.1) 57.0 (50.4, 69.1) 0.07
Cardiac fibrosis and remodeling
 CITP (ug/L) 3.7 (2.9, 4.8) 4.1 (3.2, 5.7) 0.04
 ST-2 (ng/mL) 22.4 (18.7, 27.0) 23.1 (19.4, 27.0) 0.54
 Galactin-3 (ng/mL) 9.7 (8.0, 12.2) 10.6 (8.6, 13.4) 0.15
 GDF-15 (pg/mL) 734.8 (569.5, 1078.4) 867.2 (627.5, 1385.2) 0.07
 GDF-15 >1000pg/mL 30 (30) 38 (40) 0.12
 MMP-1 (pg/mL) 6463.0 (4021.0, 9909.0) 6068.4 (3803.2, 9525.0) 0.62
Oxidative stress
 Myeloperoxidase (ng/mL) 19.4 (14.9, 27.0) 20.8 (14.2, 32.7) 0.90
Immune activation
 Classic monocytes (%) 58.6 (46.1, 68.1) 59.1 (51.4, 69.5) 0.66
 Intermediate monocytes (%) 4.6 (3.1, 6.7) 5.1 (3.2, 6.9) 0.67
 Non-classic monocytes (%) 4.8 (2.8, 7.5) 4.5 (2.8, 8.0) 0.72
 sCD163 ng/mL 553.1 (430.1, 787.7) 602.7 (445.8, 816.1) 0.24
 sCD14 (ng/mL 2003.1 (1702.9, 2301.6) 1942.7 (1688.4, 2220.9) 0.49
 CD4+/CD38+ cells (%) 37.1 (23.4, 51.4) 33.4 (24.9, 40.7) 0.07
 CD4+/HLADR+ cells (%) 15.5 (11.4, 19.3) 15.5 (12.4, 19.1) 0.50
 CD4+/IFNg+ cells (%) 16.8 (12.8, 22.4) 20.5 (14.9, 27.2) <0.01
 CD4+/IL-4+ cells (%) 3.2 (2.1, 4.7) 3.1 (2.1, 4.4) 0.95
 CD4+/IL-17+ cells (%) 2.0 (1.4, 3.4) 2.2 (1.5, 2.9) 0.64
 CD8+/CD38+ cells (%) 13.7 (9.6, 20.9) 13.5 (9.2, 17.6) 0.50
 CD8+/HLADR+ cells (%) 17.7 (13.0, 23.3) 21.4 (14.4, 29.9) 0.03
 CD8+/IFNg+ cells (%) 42.5 (31.2, 51.9) 47.6 (35.9, 58.0) 0.06
 CD8+/IL-4+ cells (%) 2.8 (1.9, 3.7) 2.6 (2.0, 3.3) 0.85
 CD8+/IL-17+ cells (%) 1.7 (1.0, 2.5) 1.5 (0.8, 2.5) 0.35

Data presented as n (%) or median (25th, 75th).

CITP, C-terminal telopeptide of collagen I; GDF-15, growth differentiation factor 15; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL, interleukin; LDL, low density lipoprotein; MMP, matrix metalloproteinases; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; ST-2, suppression of tumorigenicity-2