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Table 3 Correlation between risk factors and the presence and severity of coronary artery disease and carotid atherosclerotic plaque

From: Association of plasma free fatty acids levels with the presence and severity of coronary and carotid atherosclerotic plaque in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Variables

CAD

Gensini score

Carotid plaque

Crouse score

r

p-value

r

p-value

r

p-value

r

p-value

Age,year

0.113

0.050

0.112

0.067

0.149

0.009

0.144

0.012

Male, n(%)

−0.204

< 0.001

− 0.068

0.265

− 0.082

0.153

− 0.090

0.118

BMI, kg/m 2

−0.017

0.780

−0.046

0.461

−0.016

0.784

0.007

0.906

Smoking, n(%)

−0.127

0.028

−0.045

0.469

−0.088

0.130

−0.085

0.144

Statin, n(%)

−0.167

0.004

−0.133

0.029

−0.024

0.682

−0.014

0.802

FPG, mmol/L

0.184

0.001

0.129

0.035

0.079

0.173

0.117

0.044

HbA1c (%)

0.247

< 0.001

0.189

0.002

0.073

0.211

0.049

0.399

TC, mmol/L

−0.111

0.056

−0.100

0.102

0.060

0.297

0.024

0.675

LDL-C,mmol/L

−0.106

0.066

−0.087

0.157

0.048

0.412

0.060

0.300

Lpa, mg/dl

0.005

0.933

0.049

0.421

−0.029

0.622

−0.020

0.727

Hs-CRP,mg/l

0.013

0.825

0.060

0.327

0.061

0.290

0.106

0.066

FFAs, mmol/L

0.257

< 0.001

0.268

< 0.001

0.254

< 0.001

0.359

< 0.001

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance. BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1C hemoglobin A1C, TC total cholesterol, LDL- C LDL cholesterol, Lp(a) lipoprotein(a), Hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, FFAs free fatty acids
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