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Table 2 Vascular risk factors for carotid plaques in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

From: Long-term effects on carotid intima-media thickness after radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

 

Without carotid plaques (n = 67)

With carotid plaques (n = 38)

p value

Age, y

48.86 ± 9.8

58.79 ±7.77

<0.001

Gender (female; male)

23; 44

10; 28

0.395

Body mass index, kg/m 2

23.65 ±3.62

24.01 ± 3.63

0.624

Median (IQR) duration after radiotherapy (months)

45.0 (25.5, 63.5)

63.5 (32.5, 9.5)

0.023

Cholesterol, mg/dL

   

Total

200.39 ± 32.26

204.67 ± 45.58

0.617

HDL-C

60.78 ± 16.26

61.59 ± 13.44

0.797

LDL-C

116.39 ± 29.58

121.37 ± 43.20

0.536

Triglyceride, mg/dL

120.96 ± 71.34

103.01 ± 46.89

0.174

Glucose, mg/dL

89.18 ± 9.77

94.02 ± 19.08

0.157

HBA1c

5.60 ± 0.29

5.86 ± 0.64

0.022

hs-CRP, mg/L

3.81 ± 1.81

2.96 ± 1.03

0.406

WBC counts (X10 3 /mL)

4.83 ± 1.74

4.91 ± 1.42

0.814

RBC counts (X10 6 /ml)

4.51 ± 0.59

4.78 ± 0.76

0.052

Platelet counts (X10 3 /mL)

221.06 ± 65.66

233.83 ± 63.17

0.342

  1. Values are expressed in mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.
  2. Abbreviations: IQR inter-quartile range, HBA1c glycosylated hemoglobin.