Plasma Heme Oxygenase-1 Levels in Patients with Coronary and Peripheral Artery Diseases

Table 3

Associations between plasma HO-1 levels and atherosclerotic risk factors and medication.

	HO-1 levels	(ng/mL)	(+) versus (−); value
Hypertension
Hypertension (+) ()	0.38	[0.25–0.56]	NS
Hypertension (−) ()	0.44	[0.27–0.57]
Hyperlipidemia
Hyperlipidemia (+) ()	0.41	[0.25–0.54]	NS
Hyperlipidemia (−) ()	0.39	[0.25–0.59]
Statin use
Statin (+) ()	0.42	[0.25–0.54]	NS
Statin (−) ()	0.39	[0.25–0.58]
Diabetes mellitus
DM (+) ()	0.41	[0.25–0.56]	NS
DM (−) ()	0.39	[0.26–0.57]
Smoking
Smoking (+) ()	0.41	[0.25–0.54]	NS
Smoking (−) ()	0.39	[0.25–0.58]
Aspirin use
Aspirin (+) ()	0.43	[0.27–0.59]	NS
Aspirin (−) ()	0.36	[0.24–0.55]

HO-1 levels are presented as the median value and interquartile ranges.