Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Deficiency Is Associated with Ischemic Heart Disease

Figure 3

Obese women with high IAP do not develop IHD. Stool samples of healthy participants and IHD patients were assayed for IAP concentration using an automatic biochemistry analyzer (see Figure 1). The healthy controls as well as IHD patients were categorized in two groups, one with high BMI (>25.0 kg/m²) and the other having low BMI (<25.0 kg/m²). Statistics: values are expressed as . Statistical significance of the difference between two groups was tested using the unpaired two-tailed Student’s -test. is considered significant. ; ; . Note: the IAP values are mildly higher in obese male control participants compared to obese male IHD patients; however, the difference is not significant (). There is no significant difference in IAP levels between high- and low-BMI groups of healthy controls as well as between high- and low-BMI groups of IHD patients. Also, there is no significant difference in IAP levels between males and females of high- and low-BMI groups of the respective study population.