Research Article
Coronary Artery Disease Is Associated with an Increased Amount of T Lymphocytes in Human Epicardial Adipose Tissue
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study subjects.
| | Non-CAD | CAD |
| | Number of subjects (females/males) | 11 (4/7) | 22 (5/17) | | Age (year) | | | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | Creatinine (μmol/l) | | | | Fasting glycemia (mmol/l) | | | | HbA1c (mmol/mol) | | | | Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | | | | Triglycerides (mmol/l) | | | | hs C-reactive protein (mg/ml) | | | | Lymphocyte count | | | | Absolute (10^9/l) | | | | Relative (%) | | | | Diabetes mellitus (, %) | 4 (36.4) | 11 (50) | | Arterial hypertension (, %) | 7 (63.6) | 21 (95.5)a | | LV EF (%) | | | | Operation type | | | | CABG (, %) | 0 (0) | 16 (72.7)a | | Valve replacement or valvuloplasty (, %) | 11 (100) | 13 (59.1)a |
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Data are . a vs. without CAD. LV EF: left ventricular ejection fraction; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft. |
