Risk of Atherosclerosis and Helicobacter pylori Infection according to CD14 Promotor Polymorphism in Healthy Korean Population

Table 3

Risk factors for atherosclerosis according to female gender.

	CC	CT	TT	P *
Age	50.10±15.44	48.40±11.69	47.84±10.25	0.93
Waist circumference (cm)	85.09±6.74	87.16±9.07	86.00±8.96	0.79
Body mass index (Kg/m^2)	22.64±2.20	23.45±2.94	23.49±3.24	0.83
SBP (mmHg)	118.12±20.49	123.09±15.39	123.05±15.43	0.65
DBP (mmHg)	70.75±11.11	73.35±8.85	72.74±10.00	0.77
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.13±0.61	13.33±0.83	13.26±1.49	0.82
ESR	18.00±16.63	16.53±14.37	17.89±13.38	0.96
AST (IU/L)	21.60±7.44	22.95±11.58	20.30±5.42	0.65
ALT (IU/L)	18.30±7.04	21.51±17.93	18.98±8.98	0.96
rGTP (IU/L)	18.90±14.05	19.90±11.49	18.41±14.30	0.59
FBS (mg/dL)	93.10±9.69	96.77±12.65	98.96±23.63	0.85
Uric acid (mg/dL)	4.58±0.73	4.53±1.11	4.17±0.86	0.29
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	111.30±64.14	110.87±54.75	114.57±62.84	0.97
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	193.50±32.53	200.38±38.01	184.91±36.23	0.18
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	57.40±14.51	49.36±9.46	46.11±7.86	0.05*
hs-CRP (mg/dL)	0.15±0.13	0.08±0.05	0.24±0.58	0.35
Lp (a)	18.95±4.56	17.26±18.15	18.33±12.75	0.46
Free T4 (ng/dL)	0.96±0.19	1.00±0.16	1.07±0.17	0.10
TSH (𝜇g/mL)	1.49±2.06	2.56±2.96	1.43±2.37	0.05*
Ferritin (ng/mL)	63.58±44.21	58.77±45.86	80.91±56.66	0.42

All values are presented as mean ± standard deviation of the mean. *P values were obtained by Kruskal-Wallis 𝐻 test.
SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, AST: aspartate transaminase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, FBS: fasting blood sugar, hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, Lp (a): lipoprotein a, and TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.