Research Article

Lipoprotein(a) Is the Best Single Marker in Assessing Unstable Angina Pectoris

Table 2

Demographic characteristics, standard and inflammatory markers in statin-treated and non-statin-treated IHD patients.

SAP(+)SAP(−)USAP(+)USAP(−)STEMI(+)STEMI(−)Controls

Male/female (N)34/1718/1335/1215/1837/1835/1630/19
Age61.4 ± 6.859.8 ± 8.463.2 ± 7.562.6 ± 6.463.2 ± 9.862.9 ± 11.4 5 9 . 1 ± 9 . 7
Glucose (mmol/L)5.72 ± 1.565.95 ± 1.736.41 ± 0.485.98 ± 2.296.31 ± 2.176.99 ± 3.175.19 ± 0.59
Creatinine (μmol/L)88.8 ± 15.997.2 ± 31.2111.4 ± 38.9117.2 ± 109.488.4 ± 21.8103.0 ± 34.285.1 ± 13.9
Troponin I (ng/mL)0.00 ± 0.010.08 ± 0.320.0 (0.0–21.4)0.0 (0.0–19.5)12.8 (0.37–227.8)9.8 (0.001–22.8)0
hsCRP (g/L)2.7 (0.4–19.4)3.1 (0.74–84.4)6.2 (0.6–78.4)4.7 (0.4–122.9)12.8 (2.1–186.3)20.9 (0.6–270.3)1.3 (0.1–16.5)
Fibrinogen (g/L)3.9 (2.1–7.0)5.1 (2.6–5.6)4.9 (2.0–7.6)4.8 (3.7–8.5)4.6 (0.3–7.8)5.3 (2.5–11.4)3.7 (2.1–7.3)
Neopterin (nmol/L)14.5 (3.0–57.0)17 (8.0–55.0)14.3 (1.0–105.0)14.5 (6.0–19.3)12.8 (1.0–52.0)13.2 (5.0–32.0)13.4 (1.0–19.6)
iNOS (U/L)2.5 (0.5–4.7)1.4 (0.5–2.2)2.3 (0.9–5.7)3.0 (1.7–6.0)2.8 (0.9–4.7)3.2 (1.4–6.2)2.2 (0.6–9.3)
N O 2 / N O 3 (μmol/L)96.1 (34.9–194.9)93.0 (67.4–197.4)124.6 (78.6–196.6)127.4 (51.8–154.3)97.5 (61.5–243.0)105.5 (75.0–224.9)97 (57–229)
TNF-α (pg/mL)12.7 (10.8–15.2)13. (13.1–13.9)13.1 (12.0–18.9)13.2 (12.0–18.3)15.1 (12.1–18.3)13.6 (10.9–14.5)13.1 (11.2–19.7)

The results are presented as m e a n s ± S D for parametric, and median (min–max) for nonparametric values.