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Table 1 Baseline characteristics in type 2 diabetic patients

From: Association between serum PCSK9 and coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

Total

CHD group

Non-CHD group

p value

Clinical characteristics

    

N (%)

2984

1776 (59.52%)

1208 (40.48%)

–

Age (years)

57.48 ± 9.93

57.81 ± 9.74

56.99 ± 10.19

0.222

Male (%)

1732 (58.04%)

1046 (58.90%)

686 (56.78%)

0.252

BMI (kg/m2)

25.23 ± 3.07

25.06 ± 2.90

25.48 ± 3.31

0.131

Hypertension (%)

2084 (69.53%)

1252 (70.50%)

832 (68.87%)

0.344

Smoking (%)

838 (28.08%)

481 (27.08%)

357 (29.55%)

0.141

Alcohol consumption (%)

887 (29.73%)

541 (30.46%)

346 (28.64%)

0.286

Family history of CHD (%)

851 (28.52%)

531 (29.90%)

320 (26.49%)

0.043

Family history of MD (%)

1135 (38.04%)

655 (36.88%)

480 (39.73%)

0.115

Laboratory variables

    

FBG (mmol/L)

7.69 ± 1.16

7.73 ± 1.21

7.64 ± 1.08

0.219

HbA1c (%)

7.52 ± 1.10

7.55 ± 1.15

7.48 ± 1.02

0.367

ApoB (mg/dL)

85.10 (26.85)

87.00 (36.60)

84.16 (20.16)

0.004

ApoA1 (mg/dL)

144.1 (37.55)

142.50 (41.50)

145.65 (31.58)

0.014

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.44 (1.34)

4.46 (1.72)

4.41 (0.98)

0.009

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.32 (0.88)

1.32 (0.82)

1.32 (0.94)

0.395

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.14 (0.35)

1.13 (0.30)

1.15 (0.39)

0.005

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.73 (0.94)

2.79 (1.37)

2.71 (0.67)

0.011

Lp(a) (nmol/L)

39.24 (39.77)

40.51 (48.21)

36.99 (33.45)

0.001

hs-CRP (mg/L)

1.38 (1.69)

1.57 (1.80)

1.23 (1.56)

0.386

HCY (umol/L)

11.65 (7.69)

11.77 (8.51)

11.45 (6.60)

0.091

sdLDL-C (mmol/L)

0.74 (0.37)

0.76 (0.47)

0.71 (0.31)

0.005

PCSK9 (ng/mL)

521.98 (209.78)

554.62 (265.11)

496.86 (129.05)

< 0.001

  1. Data are reported as means ± SD or n(%), median (interquartile ranges). SD: Standard deviation
  2. BMI: body mass index; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c; apoB: apolipoprotein B; apoA1: apolipoprotein A1; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Lp(a): lipoprotein (a); Hs-CRP: hypersensitive C-reactive protein; HCY: homocysteine; sdLDL-C: small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PCSK9: proprotein convertase enzyme subtilisin/kexin type 9
  3. Statistical analysis was performed with the Student’s t test or Mann-Whitney U test and with Chi-square test for categorical variables