Correlations of endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) subgroups and clinical variables.
| Clinical Variables | CD34+ EPC % | CD34/KDR+ EPC % | CD133+ EPC % | CD133KDR+ EPC% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Age | –0.11 | 0.36 | –0.09 | 0.42 | –0.21 | 0.09 | –0.15 | 0.2 |
| Duration of disease | –0.94 | 0.44 | –0.1 | 0.4 | –0.01 | 0.92 | –0.09 | 0.44 |
| SBP | –0.08 | 0.49 | –0.01 | 0.98 | –0.13 | 0.27 | –0.16 | 0.19 |
| DBP | –0.13 | 0.27 | –0.17 | 0.17 | –0.18 | 0.14 | –0.23 | 0.06 |
| Triglyceride | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.35 | –0.65 | 0.59 | –0.02 | 0.86 |
| Total cholesterol | 0.04 | 0.72 | 0.17 | 0.17 | –0.05 | 0.67 | 0.05 | 0.69 |
| HDL | –0.26 | 0.08 | –0.09 | 0.44 | –0.02 | 0.87 | 0.12 | 0.32 |
| LDL | –0.02 | 0.86 | 0.11 | 0.37 | –0.03 | 0.81 | –0.03 | 0.83 |
| C-reactive protein | 0.11 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.99 | –0.18 | 0.13 | –0.27 | 0.02* |
| Creatinine | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.85 | –0.25 | 0.35 | –0.58 | 0.68 |
↵* p < 0.05. SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high density lipoproteins; LDL: low density lipoproteins.