Table 1.
Clinical data of the study population
| Features | Healthy controls (n = 60) |
AS patients (n = 125) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 49.62 ± 4.73 | 50.71 ± 6.06 | 0.182 |
| Gender (male/female) | 34/36 | 64/61 | 0.488 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.87 ± 3.71 | 23.24 ± 2.68 | 0.490 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 167.78 ± 33.99 | 171.97 ± 23.08 | 0.390 |
| HDL-C (mg/dl) | 51.49 ± 10.01 | 52.95 ± 8.07 | 0.326 |
| LDL-C (mg/dl) | 118.46 ± 20.41 | 120.90 ± 16.27 | 0.419 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 169.93 ± 31.54 | 177.85 ± 20.97 | 0.081 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 78.36 ± 18.68 | 81.91 ± 15.37 | 0.173 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 131.62 ± 14.99 | 129.54 ± 10.66 | 0.339 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 78.68 ± 5.26 | 78.23 ± 8.96 | 0.669 |
| CRP (mg/l) | 6.21 ± 1.60 | 17.16 ± 2.47 | 0.000 |