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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Baseline elevated Lp-PLA2 is associated with increased risk for re-stenosis after stent placement

Variables

Normal Lp-PLA2 (n = 196)

Elevated Lp-PLA2 (n = 130)

P value

Age (years)

57.4 ± 11.6

58.3 ± 13.2

0.115

Male (%)

130 (66.3)

85 (65.4)

0.172

Ever smoking (%)

103 (52.6)

71 (54.6)

0.168

HTN (%)

105 (53.6)

72 (55.4)

0.138

DM (%)

40 (20.4)

28 (21.5)

0.144

Family history (%)

82 (41.8)

58 (44.6)

0.126

BMI (Kg/m2)

25.4 ± 2.7

25.6 ± 2.2

0.278

CHOL (mmol/L)

4.64 ± 1.08

4.78 ± 1.12

0.389

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.46 ± 0.79

2.68 ± 0.93

0.175

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.08 ± 0.36

1.07 ± 0.33

0.405

Log TG (mmol/L)

0.17 ± 0.22

0.15 ± 0.21

0.141

Lp(a) (mg/dL)

27.6 ± 8.4

32.4 ± 10.5

0.062

CREA (umol/L)

93.5 ± 36.4

97.4 ± 32.8

0.804

BUN (mmol/L)

6.7 ± 1.3

7.1 ± 1.6

0.628

Uric acid (umol/L)

394.5 ± 122.5

377.6 ± 112.8

0.767

Hs-CRP (mg/L)

4.11 ± 0.92

4.07 ± 0.86

0.276

Lp-PLA2 (ng/mL)

123.2 ± 33.6

336.8 ± 85.4

<0.001

LVEF (%)

65.4 ± 12.6

63.8 ± 10.2

0.446

FS (%)

28.5 ± 3.3

27.2 ± 3.6

0.308

Anti-DM (%)

34 (85.0)

24 (85.7)

0.147

Anti-HTN (%)

98 (93.3)

67 (93.1)

0.325

  1. Denote: HTN = hypertension, DM = diabetes mellitus, BMI = body mass index, CHOL = total cholesterol, TG = triglyceride, Lp(a) = lipoprotein(a), CREA = creatinine, BUN = blood uria nitrogen, LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction, FS = fraction shortening.