The Oxidative Stress-Induced miR-200c Is Upregulated in Psoriasis and Correlates with Disease Severity and Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk

Table 1

Baseline clinical and laboratory parameters.

Characteristic	Control healthy subject ()	Psoriatic subject ()	Comparison between two groups ( value)
Male sex, (%)	19 (56)	15 (52)	0.42
Age (years)			0.95
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.33
Waist circumference (cm)			0.85
Blood glucose (mg/dl)			0.68
Total cholesterol (mgl/dl)			0.04
LDL-cholesterol (mgl/dl)			0.53
HDL-cholesterol (mgl/dl)			0.66
Triacylglycerols (mgl/dl)			0.58
HsCRP (mg/l)			0.10
ESR (mm/h)			0.06
BSA (m^2)			0.54
Diabetes mellitus, (%)	0	0	1
Ever smoking, (%)	13 (45)	10 (35)	0.59

Values are (, between groups). Comparisons between two groups were carried out by performing the unpaired Student -test for all variables with the exception of the variable “male sex,” “diabetes,” and ever smoking for which Fisher’s exact test was performed. BMI: body mass index; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; BSA: body surface area.