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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants

From: Circulating miR-130a-3p is elevated in patients with cerebral atherosclerosis and predicts 2-year risk of cerebrovascular events

Characteristics

Controls (n = 62)

Cerebral AS (n = 74)

P value

Age (years)

62.13 ± 8.34

64.62 ± 8.69

0.092

Gender (male)

36

48

0.416

Smoking

26

37

0.348

Drinking

19

24

0.823

Hypertension

28

38

0.472

Diabetes

23

32

0.467

hs-CRP (mg/L)

9.54 ± 7.45

15.76 ± 11.68

 < 0.001

TC (mM)

4.33 ± 0.80

5.37 ± 1.39

 < 0.001

TG (mM)

1.52 ± 0.68

1.75 ± 0.73

0.064

LDL-C (mM)

2.53 ± 0.66

3.79 ± 0.65

 < 0.001

HDL-C (mM)

1.20 ± 0.25

1.15 ± 0.17

0.153

  1. AS Atherosclerosis, hs-CRP hypersensitivity C response protein, TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol