Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Thrombomodulin Concentration and Early Markers of Atherosclerosis

Table 1

Demographic features, baseline laboratory measurements, and clinical characteristics of the study population.

	n = 44
Age, years	37.2 ± 10.9
Gender, male	29 (65.9%)
Weight, kg	129 ± 24
Body mass index, kg/m^2	47.1 ± 5.8
Hypertension, n	16 (36.4%)
Diabetes, n	15 (34.1%)
Smoking, n	11 (25.0%)
Leukocyte count, 10^3/mm^3	8.4 ± 1.9
Fasting glucose, mg/dl	102 ± 17
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.66 ± 0.13
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	193 ± 30
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl	35.1 ± 11.2
Triglyceride, mg/dl	247 ± 69
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl	107 ± 28
EF, %	62.6 ± 2.9
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	136 ± 13
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	80 ± 9
Heart rate, beats/min	78 ± 15

Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and as frequency (%) for categorical variables. EF = Ejection fraction; HDL = High-density lipoprotein; LDL = Low-density lipoprotein; TG = Trigylceride.