Research Article

Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Deficiency Is Associated with Ischemic Heart Disease

Table 2

Characteristics of healthy control participants and ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients.

CharacteristicsTotal participantsMalesFemales
HealthyIHDHealthyIHDHealthyIHD

No. of participants33129284187247105
Age of participants (yr.)50.0 (35.0-70.0)52.0 (35.0-70.0)52.0 (35.0-70.0)55.0 (35.0-70.0)50.0 (35.0-70.0)50.0 (35.0-70.0)
Weight (kg)58.0 (34.0-100.0)60.0 (38.0-115.0)64.5 (38.0-93.0)62.0 (38.0-115.0)55.0 (34.0-100.0)56.0 (38.0-80.0)
Height (m)1.5 (1.2-1.8)1.6 (1.2-1.8)1.6 (1.4-1.8)1.7 (1.3-1.8)1.5 (1.2-1.7)1.5 (1.2-1.7)
BMI (kg/m2)25.0 (18.5-46.1)23.5 (16.4-44.4)24.6 (18.8-33.1)23.1 (16.4-42.2)25.3 (18.5-46.1)25.5 (17.7-44.4)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)133.0 (87.0-229.0)120.0 (80.0-182.0)131.5 (101.0-193.0)120.0 (80.0-160.0)133.0 (87.0-229.0)120.0 (90.0-182.0)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)77.0 (49.0-132.0)80.0 (50.0-110.0)78.0 (57.0-125.0)80.0 (60.0-110.0)77.0 (49.0-132.0)79.0 (50.0-110.0)
Creatinine (mg/dl)0.8 (0.4-2.8)1.1 (0.5-4.8)0.9 (0.5-2.8)1.2 (0.7-4.8)0.8 (0.4-1.3)0.9 (0.5-2.6)
Cholesterol (mg/dl)162.0 (84.3-292.0)160.0 (65.0-456.0)156.0 (94.0-280.0)160.0 (65.0-456.0)162.0 (84.3-292.0)162.0 (94.0-298.0)
HDL (mg/dl)40.0 (21.0-87.6)38.0 (12.0-58.0)40.0 (21.0-55.0)38.0 (12.0-58.0)40.0 (21.0-87.6)36.0 (19.0-56.0)
LDL (mg/dl)92.6 (27.8-188.6)92.6 (13.0-352.4)88.0 (43.6-188.6)92.1 (13.0-352.4)93.8 (27.8-177.0)96.0 (17.00-211.2)
Triglycerides (mg/dl)153.0 (62.0-405.0)135.5 (17.0-950.0)145.0 (63.0-305.0)134.0 (17.0-950.0)154.0 (62.0-405.0)138.0 (27.0-564.0)
ALT (U/l)44.0 (15.0-215.0)43.0 (3.0-582.0)44.0 (15.0-90.0)44.0 (3.0-548.0)44.0 (19.9-215.0)41.5 (5. 0-582.0)
FPG (mmol/l)4.3 (3.0-7.0)4.6 (2.5-17.1)4.5 (3.0-6.2)4.4 (2.5-17.1)4.2 (3.0-7.0)5.0 (2.8-15.5)

The recruitment information on participants has been provided in Table 1. Statistics: values are expressed as median (range) (values have been shown as in Table 1). Statistical significance of the difference between two respective groups was tested using the Wilcoxon two independent sample test (Mann–Whitney test). is considered significant. . . .