Prediction of Ischemic Events on the Basis of Transcriptomic and Genomic Profiling in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients.

	Plaque	PBMCs
n	126	97
Age (years)	70.6 ± 8.9	70.8 ± 9.38
Female gender	22.2% (28)	25.8% (25)
Body mass index (kg/m²)	26.4 ± 3.8	26.5 ± 4.15
LDL (mmol/L)	2.52 ± 0.94	2.46 ± 0.97
Current or previous smoker	49.2% (62)	49.5% (48)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	25.4% (32)	26.8% (26)
Symptomatic carotid artery disease	67.5% (85)	69.1% (67)
Follow-up time (d)	1,333 ± 728	1,159 ± 631
Ischemic event during follow-up	19.8% (25)	21.6% (21)

Numerical variables are given as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables are given as percentage (number of patients). All variables except follow-up time and ischemic event percentage are indicated at baseline.

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