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Table 3 Baseline characteristics in all subjects with or without MACEs

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

 

Total

MACEs group

Non- MACEs group

p value

Clinical characteristics

    

N (%)

2984

373 (12.50%)

2611 (87.50%)

–

Age (years)

57.48 ± 9.93

58.42 ± 11.37

57.34 ± 9.69

0.265

Male (%)

1732 (58.04%)

225 (60.32%)

1507 (57.72%)

0.340

BMI (kg/m2)

25.23 ± 3.07

24.89 ± 2.62

25.27 ± 3.14

0.329

Hypertension (%)

2084 (69.53%)

276 (73.99%)

1808 (69.25%)

0.062

Smoking (%)

838 (28.08%)

108 (28.95%)

730 (27.96%)

0.689

Alcohol consumption (%)

887 (29.73%)

110 (29.49%)

777 (29.75%)

0.916

Family history of CHD (%)

851 (28.52%)

131 (35.12%)

720 (27.58%)

0.003

Family history of MD (%)

1135 (38.04%)

146 (39.14%)

989 (37.88%)

0.638

Laboratory variables

    

FPG (mmol/L)

7.69 ± 1.16

7.73 ± 1.13

7.68 ± 1.15

0.679

HbA1c (%)

7.52 ± 1.10

7.58 ± 1.13

7.51 ± 1.09

0.492

ApoB (mg/dL)

85.10 (26.85)

90.00 (33.90)

84.52 (25.79)

0.008

ApoA1 (mg/dL)

144.1 (37.55)

144.35 (34.57)

144.10 (37.70)

0.874

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.44 (1.34)

4.59 (1.30)

4.43 (1.33)

0.013

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.32 (0.88)

1.37 (0.91)

1.31 (0.87)

0.411

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.14 (0.35)

1.09 (0.37)

1.14 (0.35)

0.257

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.73 (0.94)

2.73 (1.16)

2.73 (0.92)

0.161

Lp(a) (nmol/L)

39.24 (39.77)

39.51 (41.25)

39.31 (40.03)

0.527

hs-CRP (mg/L)

1.38 (1.69)

1.32 (1.73)

1.39 (1.66)

0.312

HCY (umol/L)

11.65 (7.69)

11.79 (6.88)

11.62 (7.86)

0.941

sdLDL-C (mmol/L)

0.74 (0.37)

0.80 (0.39)

0.73 (0.37)

0.048

PCSK9 (ng/mL)

521.98 (209.78)

644.66 (310.41)

511.01 (169.12)

< 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
  3. Statistical analysis was performed with the Student’s t test or Mann-Whitney U test and with Chi-square test for categorical variables