Table 2.
Patient Characteristics.
| vWD | n | Controls | n | CAD | n | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of test persons (n) | 37 | 14 | 38 | ||||
| Gender | 0.000063* | ||||||
| Male [%] | 57 | 43 | 95 | ||||
| Female [%] | 43 | 57 | 5 | ||||
| Age [mean ± sd] | 52.0 ± 9.3 |
37 | 49.1 ± 6.6 |
14 | 51.2 ± 4.4 |
38 | 0.434 |
| Body mass index [kg/m2] [mean ± sd] | 27.1 ± 7.1 |
31 | 24.7 ± 2.5 |
14 | 0.309 | ||
| Blood pressure [mean ± sd] | |||||||
| Systolic blood pressure [mmHg] | 134.4 ± 18.5 |
30 | 121.2 ± 11.2 |
13 | 113.9 ± 17.1 |
38 | < 0.0001* |
| Mean arterial pressure [mmHg] | 99.5 ± 12.3 |
30 | 92.7 ± 6.0 |
13 | 84.5 ± 10.5 |
38 | < 0.0001* |
| vWD [%] | Controls [%] | ||||||
| Cardiovascular risk factors | |||||||
| Hypertension | 38 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 0.019* | ||
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 8 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 0.666 | ||
| Smoking | 19 | 30 | 29 | 14 | 1.000 | ||
| Infectious diseases | |||||||
| HIV | 0 | 37 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Hepatitis | 14 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 0.357 | ||
| - Chronic hepatitis B | 5 | 37 | 0 | 14 | |||
| - Diagnosed with hepatitis B, but no current disease | 8 | 37 | 0 | 14 | |||
| - Chronic hepatitis C | 0 | 37 | 0 | 14 | |||
| - Diagnosed with hepatitis C, but no current disease | 8 | 37 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Known CAD | 3 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 100 | 38 | 0.000* |
CAD coronary artery disease, dl deciliter, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, mmHg torr, mg milligram, n number of test persons, p p-value, sd standard deviation, vWD von Willebrand disease, vs versus.