Interleukin-18 Expression Increases in the Aorta and Plasma of Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection

Table 2

Summary of clinical characteristics in patients who provided aortic tissue samples.

Characteristic	NAD	TAD	value
Gender (M/F)	5/2	6/2	0.876
Age (years)	45 (37, 61)	53 (32, 65)	0.315
HBP (, %)	3 (42.8)	6 (75)	0.221
Smoking (, %)	3 (42.8)	5 (62.5)	0.462
Glu (mmol/l)	5.15 (4.83, 5.83)	5.12 (4.83, 5.56)	0.792
SBP (mmHg)	137 (125, 162)	155 (139, 164)	0.254
DBP (mmHg)	90 (78, 111)	82 (78, 96)	0.352
TC (mmol/l)	4.31 (3.95, 4.94)	3.92 (3.74, 4.29)	0.104
TG (mmol/l)	1.21 (0.94, 1.68)	0.92 (0.80, 1.12)	0.102
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.88 (1.19, 2.14)	1.60 (1.10, 1.92)	0.363
LDL-C (mmol/l)	1.81 (1.52, 3.07)	2.27 (1.28, 2.84)	0.909
CRP (mg/l)	0.95 (0.25, 2.04)	6.06 (4.63, 8.96)	0.021
WBC (×10^9/l)	5.91 (4.46, 7.86)	14.0 (9.55, 15.15)	0.002
CREA (μmol/l)	68 (58, 74)	74 (59, 97)	0.314
HR (bpm)	59 (57, 78)	78 (70, 85)	0.071
D-dimer (μg/ml)	0.86 (0.69, 0.96)	6.95 (3.26, 9.75)	0.011

HBP: uncontrolled or failure to control of blood pressure; Glu: fasting glucose; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: total triglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CRP: C-reactive protein; WBC: white blood cell; CREA: creatinine; HR: heart rate.