Research Article

The Value of Serum YKL-40 and TNF-α in the Diagnosis of Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Comparison of general clinical information between STEMI group and control group.

VariablesSTEMI groupControl groupt/χ2/z value value

Age (years)61.65 ± 13.6662.25 ± 9.950.3370.736
Gender (male, n%)93 (77.5)63 (77.8)0.0020.963
BMI (kg/m2)24.44 ± 3.6125.32 ± 2.922.0520.041
Diabetes (n%)37 (30.8)10 (12.3)9.2260.002
Hypertension (n%)68 (56.7)46 (56.8)00.986
Smoking (n%)77 (64.2)20 (24.7)30.179<0.001
Heart rate (beats/min)80.88 ± 16.8478.77 ± 15.860.8950.372
Systolic pressure (mmHg)124.91 ± 28135.69 ± 18.693.0380.003
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)70 (60.25, 84)81 (75.5, 90)4.686<0.001
Neutrophils (×109/L), M (P25, P75)10.44 (7.74, 12.64)6.07 (4.88, 7.45)9.056<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/L)137.02 ± 18.43135.44 ± 13.720.6580.511
Platelets (×109/L), M (P25, P75)212.43 ± 65.5200.81 ± 55.511.310.192
Triglycerides (mmol/L), M (P25, P75)1.52 (1.01, 2.09)1.43 (0.98, 2.09)0.0430.965
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)4.58 ± 1.064.45 ± 1.170.8010.424
LDL-C (mmol/L)2.99 ± 0.862.77 ± 0.921.7560.081
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.05 ± 0.21.18 ± 0.353.2070.002
Creatinine (umol/L), M (P25, P75)72.6 (61.45, 86.83)66.9 (58.45, 81.4)1.9350.053
Uric acid (umol/L)368.36 ± 98.98383.33 ± 1130.9930.322
Glucose (mmol/L), M (P25, P75)6.71 (5.45, 8.9)5.15 (4.81, 5.82)6.42<0.001
LVEF, M (P25, P75)60 (54.25, 62.75)62 (60, 66.5)3.735<0.001
Serum YKL-40 (ng/dl) M (P25, P75)1120.61 (624.6, 1537.62)625.2 (351.79, 977.47)4.9<0.001
Serum TNF-α (pg/ml) M (P25, P75)40.63 (38.31, 43.46)30.91 (28.47, 34.87)8.465<0.001

Note. BMI: body mass index; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; . [Mean ± standard deviation, M (P25, P75), number of cases and percentage (%)].