Table 3 Comparison of demographics for patients followed-up and not-followed-up

Clinical findings

 Age, years (mean ± sd)

65.1 ± 13.6

67.5 ± 13.7

0.496

 Male, n (%)

25 (61.0)

16 (72.7)

0.415

 Hypertension, n (%)

29 (70.7)

11 (50.0)

0.169

 Diabetes, n (%)

12 (29.3)

4 (18.2)

0.382

 Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

6 (14.6)

4 (18.2)

0.729

 Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

6 (14.6)

3 (13.6)

1.000

 Smoking, n (%)

15 (36.6)

9 (40.9)

0.790

Laboratory findings (mean ± sd)

 Diastolic blood viscosity, mP

258.9 ± 72.5

226.6 ± 71.3

0.623

 Systolic blood viscosity, mP

41.4 ± 9.5

41.3 ± 18.1

0.284

 Hemoglobin, g/dL

14.2 ± 2.0

14.4 ± 1.7

0.598

 Hematocrit, %

41.5 ± 5.5

41.9 ± 4.3

0.333

 White blood cells, 10³/μL

7.9 ± 3.1

7.5 ± 2.2

0.133

 Platelets, 10³/μL

228 ± 48

237 ± 73

0.104

 Total protein, gm/dL

7.1 ± 0.4

6.9 ± 0.4

0.943

 Fibrinogen, mg/dL

332 ± 71

325 ± 87

0.591

 D-dimer, μg/dL

0.78 ± 1.25

0.63 ± 0.38

0.105

 BUN/Cr ratio

21.0 ± 7.2

20.4 ± 5.0

0.500

 Total cholesterol, mg/dL

167 ± 39

178 ± 36

0.943

 Low-density lipoprotein, mg/dL

102 ± 34

109 ± 30

0.760

 Triglycerides, mg/dL

117 ± 81

92 ± 40

0.091