Significance of Soluble Lectin-Like Oxidized LDL Receptor-1 Levels in Systemic and Coronary Circulation in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Table 1

Comparisons of clinical characteristics between the ACS and EAP groups.

	ACS (𝑛=27)	EAP (𝑛=40)	𝑃 value
Age (years)	69±12	70±7	n.s.
Gender (Male/Female)	20/7	23/17	n.s.
Hypertension, 𝑛 (%)	22 (81.4)	37 (92.5)	n.s.
Diabetes mellitus, 𝑛 (%)	12 (44.4)	20 (50.0)	n.s.
Dyslipidemia, 𝑛 (%)	20 (74.1)	33 (82.5)	n.s.
Current or past smoker, 𝑛 (%)	16 (59.3)	17 (42.5)	n.s.
Obesity (BMI > 25), 𝑛 (%)	7 (25.9)	17 (42.5)	n.s.
Blood samples data
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	95.5±54.3	112.6±55.2	n.s.
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	42.8±8.4	49.7±11.2	<0.01
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	106.4±36.8	101.4±29.9	n.s.
Hs-CRP* (mg/dL)	0.125 (0.087–1.270)	0.052 (0.028–0.142)	<0.05

ACS: acute coronary syndrome; EAP: effort angina pectoris; BMI: body mass index; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; CRP: C-reactive protein.
*Skewed data are reported as median (inter-quartile range).