Table 2.
Detailed characteristics of the studied group divided into two subgroups, based on a median age of 79 years.
| Variable | Age ≤ 79 years n = 103 |
Age > 79 years n = 79 |
Significance of the difference | Correlation with suPAR in the entire studied population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (females) | 83 (80%) | 46 (58%) | P = 0.743 | N/A |
| suPAR (ng/mL) | 3.67 (3.01–4.26) | 4.15 (3.40–4.87) | P = 0.001 | N/A |
| TC (mmol/L)) | 5.21 (4.53–6.32) | 5.26 (4.52–6.12) | P = 0.77 | rS = − 0.081; P = 0.21 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.53 (1.32–1.76) | 1.61 (1.34–1.84) | P = 0.47 | rS = 0.015; P = 0.80 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 3.00 (2.51–3.87) | 3.06 (2.43–3.83) | P = 0.95 | rS = 0.077; P = 0.21 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.31 (1.01–1.65) | 1.23 (0.93–1.52) | P = 0.06 | rS = 0.070; P = 0.32 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.5 (5.3–6.0) | 5.6 (5.4–5.8) | P = 0.85 | rS = − 0.092; P = 0.28 |
| CREA (µmol/L) | 75 (65–86) | 79 (69–95) | P = 0.03 | rS = 0.320; P < 0.001 |
| eGFR CKD-EPI (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 74 (63–84) | 69 (53–79) | P = 0.0006 | rS = − 0.334; P < 0.001 |
| CRP-hs (mg/L) | 1.68 (0.95–3.13) | 1.58 (0.97–2.66) | P = 0.48 | rS = 0.186; P = 0.06 |
| TnT-hs (ng/L) | 8.2 (5.6–11.7) | 11.6 (8.2–16.1) | P < 0.001 | rS = 0.298; P < 0.001 |
| NT-proBNP (pg/mL) | 154 (96–285) | 300 (159–678) | P < 0.001 | rS = 0.289; P < 0.001 |
The numeric values of the measurands are expressed as median and interquartile range.
N/A not applicable, rS Spearman correlation coefficient.