Table 2.

Baseline clinical and laboratory data according to coronary artery disease

Characteristics	Case (n=88)	Control (n=88)	P-value
Age (years)	61.07±8.42	62.50±9.15	0.281
Height	160.52±10.44	157.45±9.91	0.065
Weight	69.89±12.26	68.37±13.95	0.472
Female n (%)	44 (50.0%)	41 (46.6%)	0.651
Male n (%)	44(50.0%)	47 (53.4%)
BMI (kg/m2)	25.33±3.47	25.55±3.51	0.680
Hypertension n (%)	42(45.7%)	25(37.9%)	0.330
Diabetes n (%)	28(30.4%)	14(20.6%)	0.162
hs-CRP (mg/dl)	3.16(1.54-8.48)	2.54(0.99-6.63)	0.091
TC (mg/dl)	169.69±64.14	200.28±62.22	0.002
TG (mg/dl)	201.90±61.20	189.80±66.94	0.212
LDL-C (mg/dl)	134.10±37.02	119.86±33.85	0.008
HDL-C (mg/dl)	46.10±15.46	46.32±14.03	0.832
FBS (mg/dl)	115.49±55.35	106.66±42.67	0.279
HCT	38.64±4.50	40.37±5.50	0.011
Height/Weight	0.42±0.08	0.42±0.08	0.992
Hb	12.82±1.69	13.34±1.86	0.055
GDF-15(ng/l)	1069.58±677.46	729.40±470.36	<0.001

All values are mean ± standard deviation for quantitative normal distribution variables and median (range) for quantitative non-parametric data; also number (percentage) for Qualitative variables. BMI (body mass index), hs-CRP (high-sensitivity C reactive protein), TC (total cholesterol), TG (total triglyceride), LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol), HDL-C (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol), FBS (fasting blood sugar), HCT (hematocrit), Height/Weight, Hb (hemoglobin) and GDF-15 (Growth Differentiation Factor-15)