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Table 1 Baseline of clinical and biochemical characteristics of 14 CAD patients

From: Differential polarization and the expression of efferocytosis receptor MerTK on M1 and M2 macrophages isolated from coronary artery disease patients

  No apparent CAD (n = 4) Non-obstructive CAD (n = 3) Obstructive CAD (n = 7) p value
Age (years) 51.8 ± 10.9 54 ± 13.5 51.9 ± 10.8 0.958
Male, n (%) 1 (25) 3 (100) 7 (100) 0.008*
Race- Malay, n (%) 4 (100) 3 (100) 7 (100)
Hypertension, n (%) 2 (50) 3 (100) 6 (86) 0.227
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 2 (50) 2 (67) 6 (86) 0.442
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 4 (100) 2 (67) 4 (57) 0.311
Smoking, n (%) 1 (25) 0 (0) 2 (29) 0.171
Atorvastatin, n (%) 4 (100) 3 (100) 6 (86) 0.584
Ezetimibe, n (%) 0 (0) 1 (33) 4 (57) 0.163
Ejection fraction (EF) (%) 51.98 ± 18.94 63.63 ± 14.60 47.50 ± 19.87 0.496
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 3.66 ± 1.30 5.24 ± 0.66 5.40 ± 1.14 0.098
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 0.98 (0.31) 1.17 (0.00) 1.46 (1.19) 0.060
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 2.16 ± 1.04 3.09 ± 0.80 3.41 ± 0.87 0.172
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 1.06 ± 0.54 1.05 ± 0.13 1.28 ± 0.14 0.552
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) 7.90 ± 2.51 7.00 ± 3.08 7.26 ± 1.84 0.859
Serum creatinine (μmol/L) 76.50 ± 16.18 109.00 ± 29.61 95.57 ± 12.67 0.092
  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or median (IQR) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables. *p < 0.05 indicates significant differences of baseline clinical or biochemical characteristics in 3 groups of CAD patients
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