Table 1 Overall characteristic of ASO patients and healthy donors included in study

Gender

 Male

26

16

P > 0.05

 Female

7

7

Age (years old)

 35–55

3

13

P < 0.05

 56–75

21

8

 76–95

9

3

Fontaine classification

 I

0

0

 II

10

0

 III

7

0

 IV

16

0

Surgery

0

0

Smoking

10

0

P < 0.01

Hepatic Lipidosis

11

0

Hypertension

18

0

P < 0.01

Hyperlipidemia

0

0

Diabetes

3

0

P > 0.05

Renal diseases

0

0

Autoimmune diseases

0

0

Infective diseases

0

0

Immunosuppressive treatment

0

0

Lipid-lowering agents

0

0

Tumors

0

0

Retinal arteriosclerosis

33

0

FMD

 < 10%

33

0

 ≥ 10%, ≤ 20%

0

24

Blood glucose (mmol/L)

 ≤ 6.0

33

24

P > 0.05

 > 6.0

0

0

WBC (× 10⁹)

 ≤ 4.0

0

0

P > 0.05

 > 4.0, ≤ 10.0

33

24

 > 10.0

0

0

Lymphocytes (× 10⁹)

  ≤ 1.0

0

0

P < 0.05

 > 1.0, ≤ 3.3

33

24

 > 3.3

0

0