Relationship between serum levels of triglycerides and vascular inflammation, measured as COX-2, in arteries from diabetic patients: a translational study

Table 2 Biochemical characteristics of the patients studied

Variable	Complete group	Non-diabetic	Diabetic	P
Glucose (mg/dL) ^¶	110 ± 44	93 ± 19	136 ± 50	< 0.001 *
Hb1_ac (%) ^¶	6.4 ± 1.2	5.6 ± 0.4	7.4 ± 1.1	< 0.001 *
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) ^¶	154 ± 47	158 ± 51	148 ± 40	0.221 ^§
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) ^¶	41 ± 12	42 ± 14	39 ± 10	0.238 ^§
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) ^¶	82 ± 37	89 ± 40	73 ± 32	0.019 ^§
non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) ^¶	113 ± 41	116 ± 43	116 ± 38	0.230 ^§
Triglycerides (mg/dL) ^¶	137 ± 68	125 ± 42	154 ± 87	0.005 ^§
Creatinine (mg/dL) ^¶	1.08 ± 0.2	1.08 ± 0.2	1.08 ± 0.2	0.530 ^§
Creatinine (mg/dL) ^¶	1.08 ± 0.2	1.08 ± 0.2	1.08 ± 0.2	0.530 ^§
Fibrinógen (mg/dL)	453 ± 102	455 ± 110	451 ± 93	0.841 ^§
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	11 ± 2.9	11 ± 1.5	11 ± 2.9	0.499 ^¤
Apoprotein A (mg/dL)	116 ± 25.2	118 ± 28.1	114 ± 19.3	0.551 ^¤
C-reactive protein (mg/mL)	3.6 ± 3.8	3.3 ± 3.4	3.6 ± 3.8	0.880^¤
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)	9.3 ± 3.1	9.46 ± 2.8	9.21 ± 3.3	0.750^¤
TNF-α (pg/mL)	6.2 ± 2.2	6.3 ± 2.2	6.1 ± 2.1	0.525^¤
MMP-9 (ng/mL)	301 ± 300	458 ± 186	260 ± 397	0.103^¤

^¶ = ? armonic mean, ^§ = Student T-test, * = Welch test (Beherens-Fisher), ^¤ = U test Mann–Whitney-Wilcoxon), mad = media absolute deviation.