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Table 4 Laboratory and other parameters

From: Characteristics and prognosis of patients with cryptogenic stroke and suggestive of patent foramen ovale

 

Positive ASE (n = 92)

Negative ASE (n = 211)

p

D-dimer (μg/dL)

0.18 ± 0.05

0.28 ± 0.28

0.487

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

0.90 ± 0.82

0.86 ± 0.67

0.695

GFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

84.1 ± 14.1

83.8 ± 12.8

0.869

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

185.4 ± 38.2

193.2 ± 40.0

0.119

LDL (mg/dL)

112.8 ± 37.6

117.4 ± 33.1

0.314

HDL

46.7 ± 14.2

45.8 ± 13.5

0.607

BNP (pg/mL)

51.9 ± 86.9

37.6 ± 45.8

0.191

Troponin I (ng/mL)

0.011 ± 0.026

0.007 ± 0.09

0.359

aTG (mg/dL)

115 (30–458)

135 (24–1575)

0.401

aCK-MB (ng/mL)

1.05 (0.18–20.39)

1.15 (0.02–34.19)

0.782

PWV (m/s)

1.62 ± 0.31

1.72 ± 0.37

0.034

IMT (mm)

0.66 ± 0.19

0.74 ± 0.23

0.007

Carotid plaque

51 (61%)

160 (76%)

0.010

Maximal plaque (mm)

2.10 ± 0.79

2.22 ± 0.79

0.336

ABI,rt

1.19 ± 0.07

1.17 ± 0.08

0.688

ABI,lt

1.19 ± 0.08

1.16 ± 0.09

0.108

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD
  2. GFR glomerular filtration ratio, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, BNP Brain natriuretic peptide, TG triglyceride, CK-MB Creatine kinase-MB, PWV pulse wave velocity, IMT intima-medial thickness, ABI ankle-brachial index
  3. aAnalyzed by Mann–Whitney U test and data are expressed as median (IQR)
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