Research Article
Association between Human Plasma Chondroitin Sulfate Isomers and Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques
Table 1
Main clinical parameters of the 47 patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy according to plaque typology.
| | Hard (21) | Soft (26) | All (47) |
| | Age | 70.9 ± 5.1 | 70.2 ± 9.3 | 70.4 ± 7.9 | | Sex ratio (m/f) | 2/1 | 1.3/1 | 1.6/1 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.9 ± 3.4 | 27.9 ± 3.8 | 27.5 ± 3.6 | | Symptomatic (%) | 44.4 | 56.2 | 51 | | Transient ischemic attack (%) | 33.3 | 25 | 28 | | Ictus (%) | 11.1 | 31.2 | 22 | | Diabetes (%) | 44.4 | 25 | 34 | | On therapy (%) | 75 | 75 | 75 | | (%) | 4.5 ± 2.6 | 4.5 ± 3.0 | 4.5 ± 2.8 | | Hypertension (%) | 100 | 93.75 | 97 | | On therapy (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | | Dyslipidemic (%) | 77.8 | 75 | 76 | | On therapy (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | | Smokers (%) | 77.8 | 68.7 | 73.0 | | CRP (mg/dL) | 1.16 ± 1.05 | 1.34 ± 0.84 | 1.26 ± 0.92 |
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