Clinical Study
The Role of Dermcidin Isoform 2: A Two-Faceted Atherosclerotic Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease and the Effect of Acetyl Salicylic Acid on It
Table 2
Effect of oral ingestion of aspirin on the blood pressures and on the dermcidin levels in hypertensive subjects.
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“Pearson " (correlation coefficient) = + 0.924 and = + 0.909 between dermcidin level and systolic and diastolic pressures, respectively, before aspirin ingestion. “Pearson " (correlation coefficient) = + 0.689 and + 0.846 between dermcidin level and systolic and diastolic pressures, respectively, after the ingestion of aspirin. The significance ( value) was between dermcidin levels, systolic and diastolic pressures in hypertensive subjects before and after aspirin ingestion as determined by the Mann Whitney test with the medians significantly different. Hypertensive subjects () were asked to swallow one 150 mg of aspirin with water after having a meal as described in Section 2. Both the blood pressures and dermcidin levels were determined before the ingestion of aspirin and 3 h after the ingestion of the compound. |