Research Article

Homocysteine-Enhanced Proteolytic and Fibrinolytic Processes in Thin Intraluminal Thrombus and Adjacent Wall of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Study In Vitro

Table 2

Correlations between serum homocysteine (Hcy) level and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) size, intraluminal thrombus thickness (ILT), and other parameters in control samples.

ParameterPearson’s correlation coefficientp

Hcy vs maximum AAA size-0.9520.575
Hcy vs ILT thickness-0.1170.492
Maximum AAA diameter vs ILT thickness0.688
Hcy vs TF (B1)0.653
Hcy vs t-PA (A)0.583

TF, tissue factor; t-PA, tissue plasminogen activator. Measurement units are given in Figure 1. Underlined values show significant correlations. A = wall adjacent to thick thrombus segment; B1 = thin thrombus section.