Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 1 Basic characteristics of study participants between two groups of atherosclerosis patients and healthy individuals

From: Association between miR-138-5p, miR-132-3p, SIRT1, STAT3, and CD36 and atherogenic indices in blood mononuclear cells from patients with atherosclerosis

Parameter	Control (n = 45) (mean ± SEM)	Case (n = 45) (mean ± SEM)	P value
Age (years)	57.9 ± 2.13	61.6 ± 1.6	0.712
Height (cm)	164.4 ± 1.8	165.2 ± 3.4	0.144
Weight (Kg)	72.6 ± 2.32	76.4 ± 3.27	0.455
Body mass index (BMI) (Kg/M²)	26.63 ± 4.89	26.84 ± 5.27	0.818
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	105.21 ± 6.94	120.26 ± 6.31	0.045
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	163.24 ± 10.35	166.1 ± 9.49	0.830
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	138.29 ± 10.28	166.94 ± 14.51	0.005
HDL-C (mg/dL)	45.2 ± 1.7	44.8 ± 3.4	0.250
LDL-C (mg/dL)	95.73 ± 7.04	95.23 ± 6.5	0.944
BUN (mg/dL)	32.6 ± 2.1	38.66 ± 2.4	0.157
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	1.03 ± 0.075	1.2 ± 0.054	0.037
BUN/Cr	39.67 ± 6.89	34.83 ± 2.58	0.974
CRI-I	3.7 ± 0.22	4.06 ± 0.28	0.736
CRI-II	2.11 ± 0.128	2.41 ± 0.16	0.01
AIP	0.47 ± 0.031	0.52 ± 0.055	0.001
TYG	8.7 ± 0.35	9 ± 0.72	0.001
Gender (male/female)	20/25	28/17	0.057

*P value < 0.05, **P value < 0.01. AIP: atherogenic index of plasma and CRI: Castelli’s risk index

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