Table 5 |
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Acute and organizing ruptures: affect of risk factors on density of MPO + cells in cap and thrombus |
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Risk factor |
Cap CD68 + macrophages/mm2 |
Thrombus CD68+ macrophages/mm2 |
Cap MPO + cells/mm2 |
Thrombus MPO + cells/mm2 |
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Diabetic |
386 ± 64 |
239 ± 88 |
91 ± 31 |
510 ± 148 |
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Non diabetic |
445 ± 45 |
475 ± 245 |
110 ± 26 |
137 ± 36* |
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Smoker |
394 ± 53 |
359 ± 111 |
87 ± 16 |
340 ± 96 |
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Non-smoker |
479 ± 56 |
216 ± 142 |
126 ± 40 |
119 ± 41** |
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Hypertensive |
433 ± 72 |
333 ± 205 |
65 ± 13 |
330 ± 147 |
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Non-hypertensive |
429 ± 49 |
164 ± 61 |
106 ± 24 |
178 ± 65 |
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History of dyslipidemia |
412 ± 56 |
302 ± 141 |
78 ± 17 |
271 ± 90 |
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No history of dyslipidemia |
445 ± 60 |
132 ± 52 |
106 ± 30 |
134 ± 60 |
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* p = .002 ** p = .06 |
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Tavora et al. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009 9:27 doi:10.1186/1471-2261-9-27 |
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