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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of population

From: Secreted proteins from carotid endarterectomy: an untargeted approach to disclose molecular clues of plaque progression

Feature

 

Value (±SD)

Value (±SD)

Value (±SD)

  

CEA patients for secretome (N=14)

CEA patients for plasma validation (N=34)

Healthy volunteers (N=10)

Gender

Females (n)

4

10

4

 

Males (n)

10

24

6

Age (years±SD)

 

72±9

74±7

70±5

Symptomatic (n)

 

6

11

-

Type of event

Stroke (n)

2

3

-

 

TIA (n)

4

8

-

Asymptomatic (n)

 

8

23

-

Stenosis of ICA (%±SD)

 

80±9*

79±8*

-

Diabetes (n)

 

6

9

-

Hypertension (n)

 

10

27

1

Smoking (n)

 

4

13

1

Statin treatment (n)

 

10

21

-

AntiaggregantTherapy (n)

 

14

32

-

Hypercholesterolemia (n)

 

4

18

2

  1. Categorical values are given as number of patients (n).
  2. Continuous variables are given as mean±SD.
  3. TIA: Transient Ischemic Attack. ICA: Internal Carotid Artery.
  4. *Stenosis was measured by carotid EchoColor Doppler.