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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics and levels of endothelial progenitor cells of the study population

From: Endothelial progenitor cells and plaque burden in stented coronary artery segments: an optical coherence tomography study six months after elective PCI

Characteristics

n = 43 patients

 

mean ± SD or N (%)

Age

69.4 ± 7.5

Male gender

30 (69.8%)

Hypertension

43 (100%)

Diabetes mellitus type 2

18 (41.9%)

Hyperlipidemia

31 (72.1%)

Smoker/Ex-Smoker

15 (34.9%)

GFR (ml/min)

70.1 ± 27.4

LDL (mmol/l)

2.72 ± 1.4

Statin therapy

43 (100%)

EPC levels

 

CD 34+/CD133+ (%)

2.66 ± 2.0

CD 34+/KDR+ (%)

7.45 ± 5.1

CD 34+/CD 133+/KDR+ (%)

1.11 ± 1.0

  1. LDL low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, GFR glomerular filtration rate, EPC endothelial progenitor cells, SD standard deviation. Subpopulations of endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) counts are presented as % of the relevant gate