Positive correlation of serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein levels with carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity in geriatric population

Table 3 Clinical variables of the 87 geriatric adults with or without arterial stiffness

Items	Low AS group (n = 45)	High AS group (n = 42)	P value
Age (years)^a	71.71 ± 5.36	72.69 ± 5.38	0.397
Height (cm)^a	161.02 ± 7.54	159.07 ± 8.04	0.246
Body weight (kg)^a	62.40 ± 9.69	67.37 ± 10.91	0.027*
Waist circumference (cm)^a	88.91 ± 9.10	93.79 ± 11.99	0.035*
Body mass index (kg/m²)^a	24.04 ± 3.21	26.63 ± 3.83	0.001*
cfPWV (m/s)^a	7.89 ± 1.20	12.50 ± 2.56	<0.001*
SBP (mmHg)^a	126.69 ± 15.77	137.40 ± 18.68	0.005*
DBP (mmHg)^a	69.53 ± 9.27	73.26 ± 7.71	0.045*
Pulse pressure (mmHg)^a	57.16 ± 14.42	64.14 ± 16.54	0.038*
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)^a	174.69 ± 31.80	174.17 ± 41.45	0.947
Triglyceride (mg/dL)^b	131.60 ± 83.17	136.31 ± 73.74	0.405
HDL-C (mg/dL)^a	49.60 ± 12.87	44.78 ± 12.27	0.078
LDL-C (mg/dL)^a	102.89 ± 27.96	104.86 ± 40.38	0.791
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)^b	123.73 ± 47.51	129.05 ± 41.82	0.271
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)^a	16.76 ± 5.23	19.26 ± 7.13	0.064
Creatinine (mg/dL)^a	1.13 ± 0.33	1.26 ± 0.41	0.108
GFR (mL/min)^a	67.67 ± 19.18	61.17 ± 20.87	0.134
Total calcium (mg/dL)	9.16 ± 0.40	9.09 ± 0.37	0.363
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	3.43 ± 0.48	3.46 ± 0.46	0.782
Ca × P product (mg²/dL²)	31.40 ± 4.39	31.43 ± 4.60	0.941
iPTH (pg/mL)^b	56.44 ± 36.99	60.32 ± 32.01	0.165
A-FABP (ng/mL)^a	17.69 ± 11.01	28.13 ± 13.86	<0.001*

AS arterial stiffness, cfPWV carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL-C high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, GFR glomerular filtration rate, Ca × P product calcium–phosphorus product, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, A-FABP adipocyte fatty acid binding protein
*P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant after the Student’s t-test or Mann–Whitney U test
^adata were tested using the Student’s t-test
^bdata were tested using the Mann–Whitney U test

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