Research Article

DUSP1 Is a Potential Marker of Chronic Inflammation in Arabs with Cardiovascular Diseases

Table 5

Trend analysis of the population study segregated according to diabetes status.

ParameterCVD diabetic CVD nondiabetic Controls value

Gender
Age (years)<0.0001
Weight (kg)0.1832
Waist (cm)0.0001
Hip (cm)0.1639
BMI (kg/m2)0.1798
SBP (mmHg)139.80 ± 19.22130.69 ± 20.78129.1 ± 17.710.0001
DBP (mmHg).080.4652
FBG (mmol/l)<0.0001
HbA1c<0.0001
TC (mmol/l)0.0008
TG (mmol/l)0.0242
HDL (mmol/l)0.0048
LDL (mmol/l)<0.0001
DUSP1 (ng/ml)#27.37 (11.25-139.08)30.27 (11.25-77.61)25.14 (0.33-68.65)0.0131
hsCRP (mg/l)#3.24 (0.10-11.86)3.10 (0.44-10.05)2.19 (0.20-10.50)0.0865
oxLDL (μg/l)#15.45 (0.03-61.21)18.01 (2.58-54.42)22.77 (5.19-60.25)0.0025

Kruskal-Wallis test. #Median (min-max).