Atherogenic index of plasma predicts cerebrovascular accident occurrence in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Table 2 Comparison of demographic data and AIP-related variables between AAV patients and controls

Variables	AAV patients (N = 167)	Controls (N = 300)	P-value
Demographic data
Age (years)	59.0 (22.0)	58.0 (21.0)	0.382
Male gender (N, (%))	54 (32.3)	82 (27.3)	0.254
Body mass index (kg/m²)	22.3 (3.1)^a	23.3 (3.4)	< 0.001
AIP-related variables
TG (mg/dL)	113.0 (73.0)	94.0 (60.0)	0.002
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	51.0 (23.0)	50.0 (19.0)	0.016
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	104.6 (41.6)	106.0 (48.0)	0.211
AIP	−0.01 (0.2)^a	−0.10 (0.2)^a	< 0.001

Values are expressed as a median (interquartile range) or N (%)
AIP Atherogenic index of plasma, AAV ANCA-associated vasculitis, ANCA Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, TG Triglyceride, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein
^a Normally distributed data are expressed as mean (standard deviation)

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