C-Reactive Protein and High-Sensitive Cardiac Troponins Correlate with Oxidative Stress in Valvular Heart Disease Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients vs. controls.

	Aortic valve disease		Mitral valve disease		Aortic+mitral valve disease
	Patient	Control	Patient	Control	Patient	Control
M/F	21/6	16/5	27/52	21/28	27/17	20/13
Age (years)
hs-cardiac Trop I ng/mL
value	0.001	—	0.00	—	0.00	—
hs-cardiac Trop T ng/mL
value	0.02	—	0.00	—	0.00	—
CRP mg/L
value	0.03	—	0.02	—	0.00	—
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
value	NS	—	NS	—	NS	—
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
value	NS	—	NS	—	NS	—
HDL cholesterol
value	NS		NS		NS

Values are given as ; and .