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Table 3 Laboratory characteristics of patients with sickle cell disease and controls (median, min-max)

From: Altered HDL particle in sickle cell disease: decreased cholesterol content is associated with hemolysis, whereas decreased Apolipoprotein A1 is linked to inflammation

 

SCD Patients (N = 35)

Controls (N = 19)

P value

Age (years)

13.5 ± 4.1

13.5 ± 3.5

0.557

Gender (Boys/Girls)

20/15

10/9

0.597

TG (mg/dL)

127 (58–246)

89 (54–223)

0.042

TC (mg/dL)

116 (76–170)

167 (117–240)

0.000

HDL-C (mg/dL)

28 (20–43)

50 (32–82)

0.000

LDL-C (mg/dL)

70 (44–106)

106 (62–143)

0.000

VLDL-C (mg/dL)

25 (12–49)

18 (11–45)

0.035

Apo A1 (mg/dL)

134 (94–378)

198 (136–268)

0.000

Apo B (mg/dL)

73 (54–202)

82 (55–107)

0.016

LCAT (U/L)

133 (8–457)

285 (113–1190)

0.441

LDH (U/L)

487 (251–1122)

205 (122–293)

0.000

T. Bilirubin (mg/dL)

1.7 (0.3–4.4)

0.2 (0.1–0.6)

0.000

D. Bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.4 (0.1–0.9)

0.1 (0.0–0.1)

0.000

Hemin (mg/dL)

2.80 (0.01–22.16)

0.01 (0–0.27)

0.000

Serum Iron (μg/dL)

81 (39–237)

65 (14–143)

0.385

Ferritin (ng/mL)

112 (35–1293)

13 (6–46)

0.000

Uric acid (mg/dL)

4.7 (3.4–8.3)

4.0 (2.3–6.3)

0.025

SAA (mg/dL)

1.14 (0.27–2.63)

0.80 (0.27–1.69)

0.041

MPO (μg/L)

76 (34–189)

43 (29–56)

0.000

ALT (U/L)

21 (10–86)

12 (3–36)

0.000

GGT (U/L)

14 (8–180)

12 (3–24)

0.023

  1. SCD: sickle cell disease, TG: triglycerides, TC: total cholesterol, HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, VLDL-C: very low density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apo A1: apolipoprotein A1, Apo B: apolipoprotein B, FFA: free fatty acids, LCAT: lecithin acyl cholesterol transferase, LDH: lactate dehydrogenase, SAA: serum amyloid A, MPO: myeloperoxidase, ALT: alanine transaminase, GGT: gamma-glutamyl transferase