Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, ISSN 1918-3003 print, 1918-3011 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 1, Number 2, June 2009, pages 95-101


Inflammatory Markers and Intimal Media Thickness in Diabetics with Negative Myocardial Perfusion Scan

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Relationship between mean hsCRP and DM duration. Axis X represents duration of DM in years, axis Y represents level of hsCRP in mg/dl.

Table

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study participants
 
CharacteristicsData
Sex distributionMale21
Female17
AgeRange41-87 years
Average54 years
Technetium studyPositive2
Negative38
Ejection fractionRange50 - 72%
Average0.632
Type of DMType 113
Type 225
Duration of DMRange2 - 30 years
Average11.3 years
Hypertension caseswith26
without12
Duration of HypertensionRange1 - 15 years
Average6.3 years
SmokingNone30
Present or Ex8
BMIRange22.7 - 48.59
Average30.677
hsCRPRange0.327-6.3 mg/dl
Average0.9777 mg/dl
HomocysteineRange3 - 93 μmol/l
Average12.217 μmol/l
IMTRange0.45 - 1.8 mm
Average0.877 mm
HbA1cRange5.1 - 11.2 %
Average0.07637