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

Table 3

Correlation analysis between Δ thrombomodulin, and Δ carotid intima-media thickness, Δ ankle-brachial index, and several clinical and laboratory variables.

	Δ Thrombomodulin
	r
Δ BMI	0.500	0.001
Δ HDL	−0.344	0.022
Δ Triglyceride	−0.065	0.681
Δ LDL	0.389	0.011
Δ SBP	0.384	0.012
Δ DBP	0.026	0.473
Δ CIMT	0.327	0.032
Δ ABI	−0.357	0.020

Delta (Δ) values were obtained by subtracting sixth-month values from the baseline values. ABI = Ankle-brachial index; BMI = Body mass index; CIMT = Carotid intima-media thickness; DBP = Diastolic blood pressure: HDL = High-density lipoprotein; LDL = Low-density lipoprotein; SBP = Systolic blood pressure; TG = Triglyceride, and r > 0.7 was accepted significant.