Table 4 Comparison of carotid artery intima-media thickness, flow-mediated endothelium-dependent (postischemia) vasodilatation and endothelium-independent vasodilatation according to the CCR5Δ32 polymorphism distributiona
From: CCR5Δ32 variant and cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study
CCR5Δ32polymorphism | Mean IMT, mm (SD) | P value | Mean FMD % (SD) | P value | Mean NTG % (SD) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCR5/CCR5 (n = 95) | 0.73 (0.16) | |||||
CCR5/CCR5Δ32 (n = 10) | 0.79 (0.32) | |||||
CCR5Δ32/CCR5Δ32 (n = 0) | - | 0.32 | ||||
CCR5/CCR5 (n = 113) | 5.51 (4.66) | 17.2 (7.64) | ||||
CCR5/CCR5Δ32 (n = 14) | 7.03 (6.61) | 18.21 (8.45) | ||||
CCR5Δ32/CCR5Δ32 (n = 0) | - | 0.28 | - | 0.64 |