Table 1.

Patients characteristics, data expressed as mean [±SD].

Variables	Male	Female	RNA detected	RNA not detected	Total
N	76	71	41	106	147
Age [±SD]	55.4 [±20.2]	55.5 [±19.6]	61.1 [±16.8]	53.5 [±20.5]	55.4 [±19.8]
MDW	*28.5 ± 5.4	*25.1 ± 2.8	27.3 ± 4.9	20.3 ± 3.3	p < 0.005
	§20.3 ± 3.8	§20.3 ± 2.8

^*RNA detected.

^§RNA not detected.