Plasma miR-208b and miR-499: Potential Biomarkers for Severity of Coronary Artery Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of patients according to SYNTAX score level.

		()	()	value
Age (year)				0.082
Male gender, (%)	28 (65.12)	41 (56.94)	49 (61.25)	0.676
Smoking, (%)	12 (27.91)	23 (31.94)	37 (46.25)	0.072
Hypertension, (%)	19 (44.19)	51 (70.83)	51 (63.75)	0.016
DM, (%)	5 (11.63)	15 (20.83)	23 (28.75)	0.088
Heart rate (bpm)	72.00 (12.00)		78.00 (19.75)	0.025
Hemoglobin (g/L)				0.281
Leukocyte (/dL)			7.24 (2.56)	<0.001
Creatinine (μmol/L)				0.036
HDL (mmol/L)	1.28 (0.36)	1.25 (0.35)		0.031
LDL (mmol/L)				0.621
TC (mmol/L)		4.64 (1.83)	4.52 (1.18)	0.742
CK-MB (IU/L)		10.00 (4.75)	17.50 (16.50)	<0.001
Hs-CRP (mg/L)	1.04 (1.98)	0.88 (3.04)	3.84 (13.94)	<0.001
SS	12.00 (15.00)	27.00 (5.00)	43.5 (12.00)	<0.001
In-hospital mortality, (%)	2 (4.65)	2 (2.78)	11 (13.75)	0.028

Abbreviation: SYNTAX: synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with taxus and cardiac surgery; SS: SYNTAX score; DM: diabetes mellitus; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; TC: total cholesterol; CK-MB: creatine kinase isoenzyme; Hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.