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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Contribution of serum FGF21 level to the identification of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and cardiac death

 

Patients enrolled (n = 218)

Anthropometric variables

 Sex, male/female

143/75

 Age, years

66.32 ± 10.10

 Body mass index, kg/m2

24.59 ± 3.46

 Waist circumference, cm

90.19 ± 10.04

Laboratory variables

 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

130.0 (120.0–150.0)

 Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

80.0 (70.0–84.2)

 Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L

5.44 (5.00–6.20)

 2-h postprandial glucose, mmol/L

8.58 (6.56–11.50)

 HbA1c, %

6.2 (5.7–6.7)

 HOMA-IR

4.00 (2.89–6.06)

 Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.42 ± 1.11

 Triglyceride, mmol/L

1.51 (1.07–2.15)

 HDL-c, mmol/L

1.11 ± 0.30

 LDL-c, mmol/L

3.01 ± 0.97

 C-reactive protein, mg/L

1.32 (0.57–3.82)

 FGF21, pg/mL

300.8 (199.1–407.0)

 NT-pro-BNP, ng/L

117.9 (52.6–309.2)

Ultrasonographic variables

 LA dimension, mm

37.9 ± 5.5

 LV mass index, g/m2

85.5 (74.6–98.1)

 LVEF, %

62.0 (59.0–66.0)

 LVDd, mm

46.0 (44.0–49.0)

 LVSd, mm

30.8 (28.6–32.9)

 FS, %

33.0 (31.0–36.0)

 IVST, mm

10.0 (9.0–11.0)

 PWT, mm

9.0 (8.0–9.0)

History

 Smoking, n (%)

99 (45.4)

 Diabetes, n (%)

88 (40.4)

 Hypertension, n (%)

167 (76.6)

 Dyslipidemia, n (%)

196 (89.9)

 History of CVD, n (%)

93 (42.7)

  1. Data were expressed as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range). Statistics for categorical variables are number of patients (percentage of patients)
  2. CVD cardiovascular diseases, FGF fibroblast growth factor, FS shortening fraction, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, IVST interventricular septum thickness, LA left atrium, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LV left ventricular, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVSd left ventricular end-systolic diameter, LVDd left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, NT-pro-BNP N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, PWT posterior wall thickness