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Table 1 Clinic characteristics of subjects with carotid plaque and controls

From: Correlation of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A gene with carotid plaques

Characteristics

Carotid plaque (n = 408)

Controls (n = 493)

P value

Age (years)

68.29 ± 9.80

64.89 ± 9.16

<0.001

Female (%)

44.36

57.4

<0.001

BMI (Kg/m2)

23.66 ± 3.98

23.60 ± 3.21

NS

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

136.35 ± 16.18

127.75 ± 16.48

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

81.49 ± 10.21

76.02 ± 9.47

<0.001

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

5.53 ± 1.81

5.60 ± 1.68

NS

Smoking (%)

33.58

30.43

NS

TC (mmol/L)

4.75 ± 1.05

4.85 ± 1.11

NS

TG (mmol/L)

1.54 ± 1.11

1.50 ± 1.11

NS

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.58 ± 0.74

2.59 ± 0.75

NS

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.14 ± 0.31

1.22 ± 0.33

<0.001

  1. Value expressed by mean ± SD
  2. BMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; NS, no significance