Clinical Study

Blood Monocyte Phenotype Fingerprint of Stable Coronary Artery Disease: A Cross-Sectional Substudy of SMARTool Clinical Trial

Table 1

Demographic, laboratory and clinical characteristics of patients.

All patients ()CAD1 ()CAD2 ()CAD3 ()ANOVA

Demographics
Age (years)Ns
Sex (M/F, n°)48/2517/1312/919/3Ns
BMI (kg/m2)Ns

Risk factors
Framingham Risk Score (FRS)Ns
Metabolic syndrome, (%)2 (2.7)1 (3.3)0 (0.0)1 (4.5)Ns
Obesity, (%)15 (20.5)7 (23.3)4 (19.0)4 (18.1)Ns
Hypertension, (%)58 (79.4)22 (73.3)20 (95.2)16 (72.7)Ns
Active smoking, (%)8 (10.9)2 (6.6)3 (14.2)3 (13.6)Ns
Dyslipidemia, (%)65 (89.0)24 (80.0)20 (95.2)21 (95.4)Ns
Diabetes, (%)21 (28.7)4 (13.3)6 (28.5)11 (50.0)0.0155
Family history of CAD, (%)38 (52.0)17 (56.6)10 (47.6)11 (50.0)Ns

Laboratory exams
WBC (109/l)Ns
Neutrophil (109/l)Ns
Monocyte (109/l)Ns
Lymphocyte (109/l)Ns
Platelet (109/l)Ns
Glucose (mg/dl)Ns
Creatinine (mg/dl)Ns
Acid uric (mg/dl)Ns
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)0.0373
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)Ns
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)0.0417
Triglycerides (mg/dl)Ns
Hs-CRP (mg/dl)Ns
Fibrinogen (mg/dl)Ns
ICAM-1 (ng/ml)Ns
VCAM-1 (ng/ml)0.0210§^

Medications
Statin therapy, (%)50 (68.5)15 (50.0)14 (66.6)21 (95.4)0.0022
Statin therapy (dosage, mg/die)0.0104§
Antihypertensive therapy, (%)59 (80.8)22 (73.3)18 (85.7)19 (86.3)Ns
Insulin therapy, (%)4 (5.4)1 (3.3)3 (14.2)0 (0.0)Ns
Oral hypoglycemic therapy, (%)19 (26.0)4 (21.0)5 (26.3)10 (52.6)0.0321

Data are presented as or as number () and percentage (%), when appropriate. The Bonferroni post-hoc: CAD1/CAD3, §CAD1/CAD2, and ^CAD2/CAD3. Ns: not significant.