Clinical Study

Paraoxonase-1 and Simvastatin Treatment in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Table 3

The effect of Q192R and L55M polymorphisms on serum PON1 activity.

CAD groupControlsPON1 activity (U/L)
(%) (%)CAD groupControls

Number of subjects (%)53 (100)53 (100)1.0126.58 ± 85.95125.94 ± 79.560.91

Q192R polymorphism
Genotype
 QQ32 (60.4)31 (58.5)0.8466.04 ± 9.6472.28 ± 14.190.14
 QR17 (32.1)18 (34)0.83196.54 ± 48.24182.76 ± 40.50.43
 RR4 (7.5)4 (7.5)1.0302.75 ± 91.65313.75 ± 72.280.85
192R allele carriers21 (39.6)22 (41.5)0.84215.05 ± 70.35207.71 ± 67.230.65

L55M polymorphism
Genotype
 LL14 (24.6)18 (34)0.39126.13 ± 77.26136.06 ± 83.350.44
 LM31 (58.5)18 (34)0.01113.85 ± 68.6112.8 ± 69.430.54
 MM8 (15.1)17 (32)0.039163.90 ± 134.64122.82 ± 95.620.74

Data is presented as arithmetic means ± SD; Chi2 test; Mann-Whitney test.