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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Plasma heat shock protein 27 is associated with coronary artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm and peripheral artery disease

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Controls (nā€‰=ā€‰80)

AAA (nā€‰=ā€‰80)

PAD (nā€‰=ā€‰40)

CAD (nā€‰=ā€‰80)

Age (years)

72.7ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.1

74.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.1

72.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.4

75.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.6

Males (%)

66 (82.5)

63 (78.8)

32 (80.0)

67 (83.8)

BMI (kg/m2)

25.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.5

27.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.4

26.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.1ā€ 

28.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.5*

History IHD (%)

0 (0)

35 (43.8)ā€ 

12 (30.0)ā€ 

80 (100)

Smoking (pack years)

0 (0ā€“12.3)

26.0 (10.0-42.6)*

23.8 (6.9-40.0)*

16.3 (0ā€“33.1)*

Diabetes (%)

5 (6.3)

9 (11.3)

6 (15.0)

17 (21.3)*

Hypertension (%)

25 (31.3)

48 (60.0)*

26 (65.0)*

64 (80.0)*

Dyslipidemia (%)

25 (31.3)

43 (53.8)*

28 (70.0)*

60 (75.0)*

hs-CRP, mg/L

1.9 (1.1-4.7)

1.9 (0.9-5.1)ā€ 

2.2 (1.3-5.7)

4.5 (2.3-4.9)*

HDL-C mmol/L

1.22 (1.05-1.49)

1.11 (0.93-1.31)*

1.16 (0.96-1.53)

1.14 (0.93-1.31)

Hsp27, ng/ml

2.68 (1.78-4.42)

1.82 (0.91-3.37)*ā€ 

1.93 (1.01-3.05)*ā€ 

1.23 (0.84-2.12)*

  1. Age and BMI are shown as meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD; Hsp27 and smoking (pack years) are shown as median (IQR); The categorical data is presented as number (percentage). *pā€‰<ā€‰0.001 versus control group; ā€ pā€‰<ā€‰0.001 versus CAD group.
  2. Body mass index (BMI), Ischemic heart disease (IHD), plasma high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), Heat shock protein-27 (Hsp27).