Groups | NC group (n = 73) | CAE-A (n = 60) (age ≤ 50 years) | CAE-B (n = 83) (50 years<age ≤ 70 years) | CAE-C (n = 74) (age > 70 years) | Total CAE (A + B + C, n = 217) | p-value | CAE-A vs CAE-B | CAE-B vs CAE-C | CAE-A vs CAE-C |
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Sex (M), n (%) | 42 (57.5) | 39 (65.0) | 57 (68.7) | 50 (67.6) | 146 (67.3) | 0.2794 | Â | Â | Â |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 13 (17.8) | 11 (18.3) | 18 (21.6) | 18 (24.3) | 47 (21.7) | 0.1712 | Â | Â | Â |
Hypertension, n (%) | 23 (31.5) | 19 (31.7) | 28 (33.7) | 27 (36.5) | 74 (34.1) | 0.2142 | Â | Â | Â |
Waist circumference (cm) | 90.3 ± 14.8 | 91.6 ± 12.7 | 92.7 ± 16.1 | 93.8 ± 19.1 | 92.8 ± 16.2 | 0.5277 |  |  |  |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 70.34 ± 11.6 | 67.6 ± 12.7 | 77.8 ± 13.2 | 87.8 ± 14.8 | 78.48 ± 12.5 | 0.2560 |  |  |  |
Smoking index | 119.2 ± 15.5 | 110.3 ± 10.5 | 135.5 ± 15.6 | 130.2 ± 15.1 | 126.7 ± 17.8 | 0.2391 |  |  |  |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.89 ± 1.04 | 5.59 ± 1.21* | 5.39 ± 1.18 | 4.95 ± 1.07 | 5.30 ± 1.16* | 0.0452 | 0.321 | 0.252 | 0.175 |
Low-density lipoprotein-C (mmol/L) | 2.89 ± 0.36 | 3.92 ± 0.54* | 3.74 ± 0.51* | 3.73 ± 0.49* | 3.79 ± 0.52* | 0.0237 | 0.434 | 0.523 | 0.259 |
High-density lipoprotein-C (mmol/L) | 1.08 ± 0.12 | 1.22 ± 0.27 | 1.15 ± 0.19 | 1.13 ± 0.15 | 1.16 ± 0.16 | 0.9161 |  |  |  |
Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.56 ± 0.19 | 1.69 ± 0.19 | 1.89 ± 0.21 | 1.75 ± 0.18 | 1.78 ± 0.15 | 0.8493 |  |  |  |
High-sensitivity CRP (mg/L) | 16.9 ± 3.82 | 32.3 ± 5.51* | 26.1 ± 4.23* | 22.5 ± 4.82* | 25.6 ± 4.65* | 0.0213 | 0.230 | 0.198 | 0.048* |
Glycated hemoglobin (%) | 5.89 ± 1.12 | 5.90 ± 1.07 | 6.50 ± 1.12 | 6.89 ± 1.25 | 6.46 ± 1.21 | 0.1421 |  |  |  |
Ejection fraction (%) | 56.3 ± 12.58 | 59.4 ± 9.14 | 55.5 ± 9.23 | 50.3 ± 8.47 | 54.8 ± 8.53 | 0.3432 |  |  |  |
Hemoglobin (g/L) | 125.5 ± 26.5 | 131.1 ± 28.6 | 125.1 ± 26.3 | 119.1 ± 29.8 | 123.8 ± 28.1 | 0.6535 |  |  |  |
Red blood cell distribution width (%) | 36.8 ± 5.26 | 36.7 ± 5.95 | 38.7 ± 4.94 | 36.4 ± 4.68 | 37.4 ± 5.59 | 0.8601 |  |  |  |
Mean platelet volume (fL) | 10.5 ± 1.26 | 10.7 ± 1.05 | 11.2 ± 1.35 | 10.5 ± 1.91 | 10.8 ± 1.45 | 0.2503 |  |  |  |
WBC (109/L) | 6.25 ± 2.56 | 8.85 ± 2.21 | 8.35 ± 2.06 | 8.25 ± 2.36 | 8.38 ± 2.30 | 0.0763 |  |  |  |
Neutrophils (109/L) | 4.12 ± 1.69 | 6.12 ± 1.58 | 5.76 ± 1.49 | 5.66 ± 1.52 | 5.89 ± 1.60 | 0.0752 |  |  |  |
Lymphocytes (109/L) | 0.50 ± 0.22 | 0.65 ± 0.25 | 0.68 ± 0.23 | 0.72 ± 0.20 | 0.70 ± 0.23 | 0.3854 |  |  |  |
Neutrophils/Lymphocytes ratio | 8.18 ± 5.36 | 9.42 ± 6.89 | 8.48 ± 6.56 | 7.87 ± 6.36 | 8.41 ± 6.60 | 0.1025 |  |  |  |
Interleukin-6 (pg/dL) | 4.1 ± 0.6 | 12.3 ± 1.5* | 10.9 ± 1.3* | 8.9 ± 1.1* | 10.6 ± 1.3* | 0.001 | 0.120 | 0.095 | 0.025* |