Relationship between Serum Osteocalcin and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Middle-Aged Men in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.

Markers	Means ± SD			p value
	AS group	Control group	Total
Number	136	199	335
Age, years	52.45 ± 3.09	52.32 ± 4.80	52.4 ± 3.87	0.546
OCN	18.71 ± 6.20	20.38 ± 7.19	19.71 ± 6.85	0.039
SBP, mmHg	125.22 ± 15.23	123.24 ±13.98	124.04 ± 14.53	0.332
DBP, mmHg	80.39 ± 10.25	80.34 ± 9.59	80.36 ± 9.85	0.755
BMI, kg/m^2	25.41 ± 2.84	25.77 ± 2.85	25.62 ± 2.85	0.438
FPG, mm/dl	5.81 ± 1.52	5.32 ± 0.98	5.52 ± 1.25	0.004
PBG, mm/dl	7.47 ± 3.40	6.85 ± 2.41	7.10 ± 2.86	0.259
HbAlc, %	5.88 ± 0.88	5.63 ± 0.67	5.73 ± 0.77	0.008
FINS	10.05 ± 5.41	11.56 ± 6.89	10.94 ± 6.36	0.076
Calcium, mg/dl	2.41 ± 0.14	2.40 ± 0.14	2.41 ± 0.14	0.586
Phosphorus, mg/dl	1.13 ± 0.16	1.12 ± 0.14	1.13 ± 0.15	0.647
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	4.69 ± 0.98	4.86 ± 0.91	4.79 ± 0.94	0.068
Triglyceride, mg/dl	2.00 ± 1.45	2.04 ± 1.35	2.02 ± 1.39	0.440
HDL-C, mg/dl	1.07 ± 0.25	1.15 ± 0.31	1.11 ± 0.29	0.030
LDL-C, mg/dl	2.60 ± 0.80	2.67 ±0.77	2.64 ± 0.78	0.336
BUN, mg/dl	5.35 ± 1.09	5.22 ± 1.16	5.27 ± 1.13	0.198
Creatinine, mg/dl	72.06 ± 10.63	74.85 ± 14.26	5.27 ± 1.33	0.085
CRP, mg/l	4.08 ± 1.55	3.93 ± 1.71	3.99 ± 3.82	0.041

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; PBG, postprandial blood glucose; HDL-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CRP, C-reaction protein.