Mediators of Inflammation / 2020 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Age-Related Differences in the Association between Plasma High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Noncalcified or Mixed Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects according to age-specific tertiles of hsCRP.
Variables <1.02 ( ) 1.02-2.37 ( ) >2.37 ( ) <1.25 ( ) 1.25–2.70 ( ) >2.70 ( ) Age (years) 0.891 0.058 BMI (kg/m2 ) <0.001 0.617 Male, (%) 111 (63.1%) 111 (63.1%) 120 (68.6%) 0.460 76 (53.9%) 56 (39.4%) 62 (44.0%) 0.044 Hypertension, (%) 92 (52.3%) 117 (66.5%) 118 (67.4%) 0.005 102 (72.3%) 102 (71.8%) 115 (81.6%) 0.103 Diabetes, (%) 25 (14.2%) 35 (19.9%) 42 (24.0%) 0.066 39 (27.7%) 46 (32.4%) 37 (26.2%) 0.488 Dyslipidemia, (%) 108 (61.4%) 122 (69.3%) 117 (66.9%) 0.273 113 (80.1%) 107 (75.4%) 109 (77.3%) 0.624 TC (mmol/L) 0.056 0.041 TG (mmol/L) 1.41 (0.96, 2.11) 1.67 (1.31, 2.41) 1.64 (1.09, 2.49) 0.118 1.28 (0.95, 1.64) 1.51 (1.12, 2.15) 1.41 (1.00, 2.06) 0.380 LDL-C (mmol/L) 0.091 0.011 HDL-C (mmol/L) <0.001 0.001 CCTA data, (%) CR 54 (30.7%) 61 (11.6%) 46 (26.3%) 0.234 11 (7.8%) 18 (12.7%) 9 (6.4%) 0.151 CP 53 (30.1%) 44 (25.0%) 62 (35.4%) 0.104 92 (65.2%) 68 (47.9%) 69 (48.9%) 0.005 NCP/MP 69 (39.2%) 71 (40.3%) 67 (38.3%) 0.925 38 (27.0%) 56 (39.4%) 63 (44.7%) 0.007
Abbreviations: hsCRP—high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; BMI—body mass index; TC—total cholesterol; TG—triglycerides; HDL-C—high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C—low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CCTA—coronary computed tomography angiography; CR—control; CP—calcified plaque; NCP—noncalcified plaque; MP—mixed plaque.