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Table 3 Comparison of circulating EPCs levels between diabetics and nondiabetics

From: Reduced levels of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in acute myocardial infarction patients with diabetes or pre-diabetes: accompanying the glycemic continuum

 

Non-diabetics (n = 62)

Type 2 diabetics (n = 38)

p value

Time from PCI to blood sampling (hours)

13.8 ± 14.7

11.6 ± 11.7

0.649

CD34+ cells/106 WBC

228.8 ± 136.7

197.0 ± 115.2

0.098

CD133+/106 WBC

54.4 ± 35.7

36.0 ± 18.0

0.020

CD45dimCD34+KDR+ cells/106 WBC

6.2 ± 3.0

2.3 ± 0.9

<0.001

CD45dimCD34+KDR+CXCR4+ cells/106 WBC

1.8 ± 1.1

0.8 ± 0.7

<0.001

CD45dimCD34+CD133+KDR+ cells/106 WBC

2.1 ± 1.1

1.0 ± 0.8

<0.001

CD133+KDR+/106 WBC

4.6 ± 2.9

3.1 ± 1.6

<0.001

CD133+KDR+CXCR4+/106 WBC

3.5 ± 1.9

2.0 ± 1.2

<0.001

  1. PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; WBC, white blood cells.