Adipokines as Possible New Predictors of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Case Control Study

Table 1

Principal characteristics of the sample enrolled are described in the table.

	Ischemic heart diseases		Cerebrovascular disease
	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases
Number (women %)	9 (22.2%)	9 (22.2%)	9 (22.2%)	9 (22.2%)
Age (years)	62.9±4.2	63.6±4.9	65.5±11.8	65.0±11.7
Waist (cm)	98.8±6.8	98.6±6.7	94.9±9.3	93.9±9.0
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.0±1.7	28.2±2.5	25.1±2.4	24.7±3.0
Total colesterol (mmol/L)	5.39±0.83	6.21±0.9	5.38±0.82	5.8±1.55
HDL colesterol (mmol/L)	1.26±0.38	1.41±0.5	1.65±0.67	1.45±0.43
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.19 (1;2.67)	1.8 (1.42;3.42)	1.7 (1.18;2.88)	1.17 (0.96;1.64)
Fasting glycemia (mmol/L)	5.52±0.89	5.99±1.64	4.98±0.8	5.77±0.91
Diabetes mellitus (%)	22.2	22.2	11.1	11.1
Hypertension* (%)	33.3	77.8	66.7	66.7
High fasting glycemia* (%)	11.1	22.2	11.1	11.1
High waist* (%)	55.6	68.7	66.7	44.4
Low HDL colesterol*(%)	33.3	22.2	11.1	11.1
Hypertriglyceridaemia* (%)	44.4	55.6	22.2	33.3

*as defined by NCEP criteria.