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Table 6 Comparison of continuous variables between patients with and without coronary stenosis

From: Associations between epicardial adipose tissue, subclinical atherosclerosis and high-density lipoprotein composition in type 1 diabetes

 

With any grade of coronary stenosis (n = 36)

Without coronary stenosis (n = 36)

P-value

HbA1c (%)

7.4 ± 0.8

7.0 ± 0.7

0.047

Age (years)

51.1 ± 9.1

43.2 ± 6.1

< 0.001

iEAT (cm3/m2)

48.7 ± 21.8

32.3 ± 19.6

0.001

Lipid profile

 Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.9 ± 0.8

4.7 ± 0.6

0.199

 Triglycerides (mmol/l) *

1.2 ± 1.2

0.8 ± 0.4

0.164

 LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) *

2.9 ± 0.6

2.8 ± 0.6

0.525

 HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.5 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.3

0.988

 Lp(a) (mg/l) *

316.5 ± 441.0

305.8 ± 469.8

0.881

HDL-associated parameters

 HDL 2 (%)

53.0 ± 20.1

55.2 ± 18.7

0.657

 HDL 3 (%)

47.0 ± 20.1

46.8 ± 23.8

0.701

 PON1 (umol/min ml)

316.6 ± 90.3

289.1 ± 59.9

0.156

 Total Lp-PLA2 (µmol/min ml) *

18.2 ± 4.6

20.1 ± 5.2

0.045

 Lp-PLA2 in HDL (µmol/min ml)*

5.9 ± 1.6

5.4 ± 1.5

0.190

 Lp-PLA2 in HDL (%) *

33.9 ± 9.6

28.1 ± 8.9

0.007

 HDL total cholesterol (%)

17.1 ± 2.0

18.0 ± 1.4

0.041

 HDL esterified cholesterol (%)

13.9 ± 1.7

14.5 ± 1.2

0.060

 HDL triglycerides (%)

4.0 ± 1.7

3.5 ± 1.3

0.145

 HDL phospholipids (%)

28.6 ± 2.3

28.8 ± 1.9

0.834

 HDL apoA-I (%)

37.9 ± 1.8

38.3 ± 1.7

0.260

 HDL apoA-II (%)

10.0 ± 1.5

9.2 ± 1.4

0.027

 HDL apoE (%)

0.55 ± 0.3

0.6 ± 0.3

0.164

 HDL apoC-III (%)

1.8 ± 0.6

1.6 ± 0.5

0.214

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Comparison between groups with or without coronary stenosis was analyzed with the Student’s t-test, except for non-parametric variables that were compared with the Mann–Whitney U test
  2. * Indicates non-parametric variables