Risk of Atherosclerosis and Helicobacter pylori Infection according to CD14 Promotor Polymorphism in Healthy Korean Population

Table 2

Risk factors for atherosclerosis according to male gender.

	CC	CT	TT	P *
Age	44.18±7.25	47.14±11.35	48.77±9.97	0.29
Waist circumference (cm)	86.68±8.73	89.63±8.41	88.75±7.20	0.64
Body mass index (Kg/m^2)	25.28±2.82	24.73±2.94	24.85±2.62	0.82
SBP (mmHg)	131.00±15.61	128.19±12.39	129.19±13.09	0.67
DBP (mmHg)	79.20±13.27	76.18±9.13	78.07±9.35	0.46
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	15.50±0.62	15.34±1.90	15.36±1.06	0.46
ESR	13.00±5.29	11.28±7.88	11.00±6.60	0.60
AST (IU/L)	27.91±9.83	25.31±8.67	24.65±7.43	0.70
ALT (IU/L)	29.27±18.93	31.70±18.87	30.30±14.93	0.68
rGTP (IU/L)	41.64±39.71	53.42±53.89	46.39±36.35	0.38
FBS (mg/dL)	99.09±12.68	104.88±24.60	105.43±25.93	0.82
Uric acid (mg/dL)	6.11±1.34	6.03±1.49	5.95±1.32	0.95
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	109.09±50.32	179.51±141.44	171.10±110.21	0.09
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	189.73±31.04	205.79±39.91	200.51±29.52	0.51
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	49.27±15.32	44.30±9.45	42.68±9.54	0.51
hs-CRP (mg/dL)	0.30±0.28	0.24±0.40	0.20±0.40	0.30
Lp (a)	7.26±9.95	9.41±9.60	14.36±20.07	0.41
Free T4 (ng/dL)	1.00±0.16	1.04±0.15	1.21±1.12	0.45
TSH (𝜇g/mL)	3.06±3.31	1.60±1.24	1.85±3.27	0.50
Ferritin (ng/mL)	190.86±208.36	164.29±82.94	183.24±145.98	0.84

All values are presented as mean ± standard deviation of the mean. *P values were obtained by Kruskal-Wallis 𝐻 test.
SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, AST: aspartate transaminase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, FBS: fasting blood sugar, hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, Lp (a): lipoprotein a, and TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.