Research Article

Serum Caveolin-1 as a Novel Biomarker in Idiopathic Pulmonary Artery Hypertension

Table 1

Demographic data patients with pulmonary artery hypertension and healthy controls.

Non-PAH ()COPD-PH ()IPAH () value

Age, yrs51.30 ± 11.71 (64–38) 58.9 ± 12.96 (75–39) 45.4 ± 16.16 (78–18) 0.16
Sex (male/female)22/516/46/140.000
Height, cm161.94 ± 6.84 (182–152)160.63 ± 7.22 (169.5–144)158.93 ± 7.53 (176–147)0.366
Weight, kg66.65 ± 12.31 (86.5–49.5)67.28 ± 12.50 (94–46)63.51 ± 13.43 (98–46)0.578
BMI, kg/m225.45 ± 3.91 (33.76–18.29)16.16 ± 5.10 (38.58–17.10)25.15 ± 5.64 (42.7–18.36)0.791
History of DM5 (18.5%)5 (25.0%)0 (0)0.68
History of HTN8 (29.6%)10 (45.5%)4 (18.2%)0.117
PAP peak (mmHg)17.69 ± 4.48 (8–25.8)46.76 ± 12.74 (35–72.6)96.37 ± 30.76 (47.30–169)0.000
PAP mean (mmHg)12.36 ± 2.89 (6.3–18.80)31.14 ± 7.93 (23.4–48.4)57.79 ± 14.87 (29.60–84.5)0.000
SBP, mmHg133.35 ± 16.01 (170–104)132.80 ± 22.24 (176–96)113.20 ± 23.10 (175–86)0.002
DBP, mmHg79.77 ± 9.60 (101–60)81.80 ± 16.87 (119–62)77.80 ± 16.87 (128–54)0.683
TC, mg/dL176.88 ± 35.35 (236–92)183.35 ± 44.46 (281–105)146.25 ± 33.39 (188–103)0.078
HDL_C, mg/dL41.6 ± 9.31 (59–29)48.8 ± 38.5 (166–6)52.4 ± 14.84 (66–33)0.753
TG, mg/dL142.88 ± 69.20 (373–53)127.50 ± 94.72 (458–23)79.88 ± 33.28 (148–38)0.139
Creatinine, mg/dL1.08 ± 0.27 (2–0.7)1.44 ± 0.75 (4.4–0.8)0.88 ± 1.6 (1.2–0.6)0.515
AC_sugar, mg/dL108.23 ± 26.36 (177–79)110.50 ± 42.04 (235–49)108.75 ± 34.78 (189–83)0.980
Caveolin-1 pg/mL173.57 ± 135.18 (47.22–409.44)163.04 ± 146.59 (56.61–425.54)33.81 ± 36.3 (18–235)0.029
hsCRP mg/dL0.18 ± 0.23 (0.1–0.95)1.02 ± 1.30 (0.13–4.38)0.37 ± 0.62 (0.03–2.75)0.007
NT-proBNP pg/mL59.83 ± 64.84 (4.0–336)1426 ± 1231 (140–2790)933.6 ± 891.3 (107–2120)0.004

PAH: pulmonary artery hypertension, COPD-PH: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with pulmonary hypertension, IPAH: idiopathic PAH, PAP: pulmonary artery pressure, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and NT-proBNP: N-terminal of the prohormone brain natriuretic peptide.