International Journal of Cell Biology / 2011 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
The Red Blood Cell as a Gender-Associated Biomarker in Metabolic Syndrome: A Pilot Study Table 1 Patients’ characteristics. Significant differences are in bold. Data are the mean ± SD of 56 MetS patients (31 male and 25 female) and 40 HD (22 male and 18 female).
Variables 56 MetS (M = 31 F = 25) 40 HD (M = 22 F = 18) P -valuesRisk factors Body mass index (Kg/m2 ) 31.98 ± 4.84 21.05 ± 2.01 0.0001 Waist circumference (cm) 112.7 ± 14.98 71.79 ± 6.22 0.0001 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 134.57 ± 17.7 120.63 ± 8 0.03 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 84.13 ± 9.37 74.95 ± 5.68 0.001 Glucose (mg/dl) 122.71 ± 34.87 63.84 ± 9.38 0.001 Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 197.62 ± 38.83 178.39 ± 20.23 0.15 LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) 125.4 ± 36.08 114.27 ± 28.51 0.31 HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) 44.41 ± 8.47 47.09 ± 8.8 0.78 Triglyceride (mg/dl) 144.8 ± 72.28 118.94 ± 48.96 0.26 Family history of CAD 12 (50%) 4 (21%) 0.60 Family history of diabetes 13 (54%) 5 (26%) 0.80 Currently smokers 5 (21%) 12 (63%) 0.67 Echocardiography parameters LVEF (%) 52.46 ± 6.16 59.68 ± 2.82 0.001 SIV (mm) 11.58 ± 0.92 8.74 ± 1.28 0.0001 PP (mm) 11.13 ± 0.90 9.21 ± 1.22 0.001 LVEDV (mL) 126.78 ± 31.19 115.00 ± 18.93 0.05 LVESV (mL) 58.57 ± 17.20 40.05 ± 6.32 0.002 LVM-I (g) 114.25 ± 16.84 77.36 ± 31.24 0.0001 Carotid echo-color Doppler parameters CCA Sx (mm) 1.25 ± 0.36 0.73 ± 0.22 0.0001 ICA Sx (mm) 1.68 ± 0.73 0.67 ± 0.26 0.001 CCA Dx (mm) 1.30 ± 0.39 0.56 ± 0.28 0.001 ICA Dx (mm) 1.96 ± 0.79 0.66 ± 0.27 0.0001