Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 279 patients with carotid stenosis and Periodontitis.

From: Radiomic features and carotid stenosis in periodontitis a two stage bootstrap and multimodal machine learning study

Age-y

CAS with periodontitis group(n = 168)

Periodontitis group(n = 111)

P value

65.09 ± 9.81

66.69 ± 8.68

0.62

Male sex

90(53.6%)

72(64.9%)

0.31

BMI– kg/m2

21.03(20.28, 25.10)

21.97(20.14, 24.82)

0.32

Smoking

71(42.2%)

52(46.8%)

0.68

Stroke

85(50.6%)

48(43.2%)

0.04

Hypertension

95(56.5%)

55(49.5%)

0.28

Diabetes

68(40.5%)

42(37.8%)

0.25

Hypercholesterolaemia

20(11.9%)

17(10.1%)

0.21

Coronary disease

43(25.6%)

36(32.3%)

0.68

Creatinine-umol/L

63(55,74)

62(55,74)

0.87

Interleukin-6-pg/ml

4.87(4.32,5.6)

4.77(4.32,9.23)

0.38

CRP-mg/L

3.8(2.1,7.5)

3.7(2.4,6.7)

0.74

ESR-mm/h

16(12,18)

15(6,18)

0.08

BNP-pg/ml

27(18.9,36.6)

28(18.9,55.2)

0.78

Homocysteine-umol/L

12.9(10.7,15.3)

14.15(11,15.3)

0.23

LDL Cholesterol-mmol/L

1.16(1.04,1.38)

1.16(1.00,1.36)

0.48

Triglycerides-mmol/L

1.07(0.88,1.37)

1.08(0.75,1.51)

0.77

  1. CAS=Carotid artery stenosis. BMI=Body mass index. LDL = low-density lipoprotein. ESR=Erythrocyte sedimentation rate. CRP = C-reactive protein. BNP = B-type Natriuretic Peptide.
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