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Table 2 Age- and sex-adjusted resistin values according to types of cardiovascular disease.

From: Diabetes and hypertension markedly increased the risk of ischemic stroke associated with high serum resistin concentration in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama Study

 

Number

Age- and sex-

adjusted resistin

values (ng/ml)

P vs. no cardiovascular disease cases

No cardiovascular disease

3,026

10.3 (3.8-28.0)

-

Cardiovascular disease

175

11.7 (4.2-32.4)

0.002

   Ischemic stroke

90

13.0 (4.7-35.7)

< 0.001

Lacunar infarction

51

12.1 (4.4-32.9)

0.02

Atherothrombotic infarction

29

16.3 (6.0-44.4)

< 0.001

Cardioembolic infarction

7

11.5 (4.2-31.0)

0.55

Undetermined infarction

3

6.7 (1.7-18.0)

0.14

   Hemorrhagic stroke

43

10.3 (3.8-28.1)

0.90

Brain hemorrhage

31

11.1 (4.1-30.2)

0.37

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

12

8.6 (3.2-23.2)

0.22

   Coronary heart disease

55

11.3 (4.1-31.0)

0.14

  1. Resistin is shown by geometric mean and 95% confidenceintervals due to the skewed distribution.
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