Table 3.

ANGPTL3, ANGPTL4 and lipids levels of the study sample according to the degree of coronary artery stenosis

Variable	The degree of coronary artery stenosis
	<  10%	10-50%	50-75%	≥ 75%	F or Z value	P value	t or Z value	P1 value
ANGPTL3, ng/mL	24.66 ± 10.32	51.90 ± 68.68	51.56 ± 31.59	51.56 ± 38.81	67.073	< 0.001	−6.106	< 0.001
ANGPTL4, ng/mL	875.5 ± 961.2	465.4 ± 268.6	472.6 ± 309.1	409.0 ± 202.8	22.733	< 0.001	−3.731	< 0.001
Triglycerides, mmol/L	1.60 ± 0.97	1.67 ± 0.94	1.72 ± 1.10	1.65 ± 0.92	0.176	0.913	1.005	0.658
LDL-C, mmol/L	2.92 ± 0.81	2.72 ± 0.86	2.69 ± 0.99	2.86 ± 0.90	1.179	0.318	0.207	0.119
HDL-C, mmol/L	1.11 ± 0.33	1.12 ± 0.34	1.01 ± 0.26	1.03 ± 0.32	1.938	0.124	0.110	0.798
apoA-I, g/L	1.14 ± 0.22	1.14 ± 0.18	1.10 ± 0.19	1.09 ± 0.25	0.721	0.540	0.297	0.930
apoB, g/L	0.94 ± 0.73	0.86 ± 0.25	0.83 ± 0.26	0.85 ± 0.24	0.661	0.577	0.400	0.441
apoA-I/apoB	1.45 ± 0.41	1.49 ± 0.48	1.52 ± 0.58	1.42 ± 0.48	0.323	0.809	0.135	0.667
apoE, mg/dL	4.52 ± 1.54	4.45 ± 1.24	4.73 ± 2.77	4.36 ± 1.29	0.333	0.801	0.462	0.776
Lipoprotein(a), g/L	0.16 ± 0.19	0.15 ± 0.15	0.15 ± 0.16	0.19 ± 0.19	0.554	0.646	4.016	0.451
FFA, mmol/L	0.47 ± 0.20	0.47 ± 0.17	0.47 ± 0.21	0.63 ± 0.23	6.429	< 0.001	0.006	0.964

P, comparison among the four groups; P₁, comparison between non-stenosis group and stenosis 10 - 50% group; ANGPTL angiopoietin-like proteins, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, apo apolipoprotein, FFA free fatty acid; ANGPTL3,4 values for Mann-Whitney U-test; lipid variables values for one-way ANOVA and A Student’s t-test