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Table 2 Baseline clinical characteristics of the study population in BCAPS

From: Fasting levels of growth hormone are associated with carotid intima media thickness but are not affected by fluvastatin treatment

Variable

Placebo/Placebo

Metoprolol/Placebo

Fluvastatin/Metoprolol

Fluvastatin/Placebo

Number of participants

117

118

117

120

Female (%)

78 (66.7)

78 (66.1)

70 (59.8)

72 (60.0)

Age, mean (SD), years

61.5 (5.7)

60.3 (5.6)

62.3 (5.0)

61.8 (5.4)

Height, mean (SD), cm

168 (10)

167 (8)

169 (8)

169 (9)

Body Mass Index, Mean (SD), kg/m2

25.5 (3.6)

25.5 (3.6)

25.1 (2.7)

25.7 (3.7)

LDL-C, mean (SD), mmol/L

4.07 (0.86)

4.18 (0.92)

4.15 (0.88)

4.16 (0.82)

HDL-C, mean (SD), mmol/L

1.48 (0.40)

1.39 (0.37)

1.41 (0.35)

1.37 (0.35)

IMTmean CCA, median (IQR)

0.88 (0.78-0.96)

0.88 (0.77-0.99)

0.86 (0.79-0.98)

0.86 (0.78-0.97)

IMTmax Bulb median (IQR)

1.74 (1.46-2.09)

1.77 (1.49-2.24)

1.84 (1.52-2.29)

1.81 (1.55-2.17)

Growth Hormone - males, median (IQR), μg/L

0.28 (0.06-0.84)

0.15 (0.06-0.35)

0.15 (0.06-0.97)

0.18 (0.08-0.57)

Growth Hormone - females, median (IQR), μg/L

1.49 (0.58-3.14)

1.52 (0.49-2.64)

1.16 (0.53-2.32)

1.53 (0.68-2.74)

  1. Missing values in IMTmaxbulb: placebo/placebo, n = 3; metoprolol/placebo n = 3; Fluvastatin/Metoprolol, n = 5; fluvastatin/placebo, n = 8
  2. Missing values in HDL-C and LDL-C: placebo/placebo, n = 1; metoprolol/fluvastatin n = 1