Research Article

Relationship of Plasma Adiponectin Levels with Acute Coronary Syndromes and Coronary Lesion Severity in North Indian Population

Table 2

Biochemical variables of two groups.

VariablesGroup I
Non ACS ( )
(mean ± SD)
Group II
ACS ( )
(mean ± SD)
P value

Glucose (mg/dL) 89.29 ± 14.1987.51 ± 15.850.57
Insulin (µu/mL) 21.15 ± 15.3115.28 ± 8.570.09
Adiponectin (µg/mL) 16.47 ± 7.889.03 ± 3.13<0.001
Leptin (ng/mL) 9.26 ± 8.4811.68 ± 8.260.037
hs CRP (mg/L) 3.78 ± 1.7310.42 ± 4.97<0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 121.02 ± 58.6139.76 ± 46.800.09
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 75.20 ± 32.4183.91 ± 37.600.242
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 41.4 ± 7.7339.16 ± 8.520.194
LDL/HDL ratio 1.85 ± 0.812.24 ± 1.0780.057

ACS: acute coronary syndrome, hs CRP: high sensitive C reactive protein, LDL: low density lipoprotein, and HDL: high density lipoprotein.