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Table 2 Baseline clinical and procedure characteristics of patients stratified by the FAR tertiles

From: Predictive impact of fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) for left ventricular dysfunction in acute coronary syndrome: a cross-sectional study

Baseline clinical characteristics

T1 (n = 216)

T2 (n = 219)

T3 (n = 215)

P value

Age, years

59.54 ± 10.88

62.32 ± 9.59

63.01 ± 10.93

0.001

Sex, male, n (%)

174 (80.6)

169 (77.2)

159 (74.0)

0.263

BMI, kg/m2

25.46 ± 3.08

25.20 ± 3.35

25.19 ± 3.13

0.558

Heart rate, bpm

72 (64–81)

74 (66–82)

76 (68–86)

0.003

SBP, mmHg

132.2 ± 17.9

131.0 ± 20.7

126.5 ± 20.0

0.002

DBP, mmHg

81.3 ± 12.6

80.3 ± 13.2

77.7 ± 13.4

0.012

Smoking, n (%)

110 (50.9)

118 (53.9)

122(56.7)

0.480

Drinking, n (%)

39 (18.1)

50 (22.8)

37(17.2)

0.278

Hypertension, n (%)

124 (57.4)

117 (53.4)

118(54.9)

0.700

Family history of CAD, n (%)

27 (12.5)

23 (10.5)

21(9.8)

0.642

NT-proBNP, pg/mL

109.00 (53.53–286.40)

263.25 (95.99–756.55)

1020.00(297.85–3054.00)

 < 0.001

Cardiac troponin T, ng/mL

0.012 (0.007–0.056)

0.040 (0.009–0.402)

0.198(0.015–1.485)

 < 0.001

Hemoglobin, g/L

144.87 ± 14.80

143.41 ± 15.66

136.12 ± 17.54

 < 0.001

Platelet, 109/L

199.80 ± 61.37

198.35 ± 49.99

218.16 ± 74.84

0.016

White blood cells, 109/L

6.89 (5.36–9.08)

6.81 (5.50–9.40)

7.59(5.98–9.94)

0.012

Neutrophils, 109/L

4.82 (3.46–6.60)

4.86 (3.56–7.00)

5.47(4.09–7.57)

0.008

Lymphocyte, 109/L

1.44 (1.07–1.86)

1.43 (1.11–1.85)

1.45(1.04–1.87)

0.853

Monocytes, 109/L

0.32 (0.25–0.41)

0.34 (0.28–0.44)

0.42(0.31–0.57)

 < 0.001

NLR

3.10 (2.17–4.60)

3.28 (2.25–5.93)

3.61(2.51–6.23)

0.029

MLR

0.22 (0.16–0.28)

0.24 (0.18–0.32)

0.29(0.19–0.43)

 < 0.001

PLR

131.37 (101.45–171.25)

134.61 (99.48–179.41)

140.35(106.66–203.29)

0.040

hs-CRP, mg/L

0.78 (0.39–1.85)

1.77 (0.90–3.93)

5.77(2.86–10.00)

 < 0.001

ALT, U/L

25 (18–39)

27 (18–38)

26(18–44)

0.001

AST, U/L

23 (19–33)

26 (20–57)

31(20–73)

0.777

Albumin, g/L

43.44 ± 3.94

40.85 ± 3.89

37.31 ± 3.94

 < 0.001

BUN, mmol/L

5.69 ± 1.52

5.52 ± 1.59

5.77 ± 2.18

0.390

Scr, µmol/L

67.19 ± 16.91

66.10 ± 17.21

70.08 ± 23.78

0.290

Cystatin C, mg/L

1.006 ± 0.318

1.012 ± 0.331

1.079 ± 0.326

0.033

FPG, mg/dL

4.64 (4.16–5.34)

4.85 (4.27–5.52)

4.74(4.18–5.37)

0.176

RBG, mg/dL

6.30 (5.31–7.84)

6.35 (5.45–7.73)

6.11(5.19–7.37)

0.131

eGFR, mL/(min*1.73 m2)

98.18 (90.43–106.43)

98.31 (90.76–104.44)

94.27(84.78–102.40)

0.001

K+, mmol/L

3.92 ± 0.37

3.92 ± 0.39

3.94 ± 0.42

0.884

Na+, mmol/L

141.33 ± 2.89

141.16 ± 3.01

140.62 ± 4.13

0.281

Ca2+, mmol/L

2.34 ± 0.12

2.31 ± 0.15

2.25 ± 0.14

 < 0.001

Uric acid, µmol/L

347.16 ± 88.77

342.33 ± 87.12

331.18 ± 84.60

0.148

Homocysteine, µmol/L

16.4 (13.7–22.8)

17.9 (13.6–23.7)

18.0 (14.6–24.5)

0.224

PT, s

13.3 (12.9–13.7)

13.4 (13.0–13.8)

13.6 (13.2–14.1)

 < 0.001

PTA, %

93.71 ± 12.73

92.07 ± 13.69

87.03 ± 13.63

 < 0.001

INR

1.03 (0.99–1.07)

1.03 (0.99–1.07)

1.06 (1.02–1.11)

 < 0.001

APTT, s

35.95 (33.1–38.6)

36.2 (33.9–39.4)

37.0 (34.4–40.7)

0.009

TT, s

16.8 (16.1–17.5)

16.6 (15.9–17.4)

16.1 (15.4–17.1)

 < 0.001

FIB, g/L

2.66 (2.44–2.92)

3.33 (3.09–3.51)

4.10 (3.69–4.77)

 < 0.001

d-dimer, mg/L

0.40 (0.30–0.50)

0.41 (0.30–0.60)

0.60 (0.40–1.10)

 < 0.001

FDP, mg/L

1.00 (0.70–1.30)

1.20 (0.91–1.50)

1.60 (1.20–2.70)

 < 0.001

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.37 (1.09–1.92)

1.30 (0.99–1.88)

1.17 (0.85–1.63)

 < 0.001

TC, mmol/L

3.80 (3.19–4.52)

3.73 (3.15–4.46)

3.59 (3.07–4.29)

0.223

LDL, mmol/L

2.28 (1.70–2.87)

2.22 (1.68–2.79)

2.05 (1.65–2.72)

0.176

HDL, mmol/L

0.93 (0.79–1.09)

0.91 (0.77–1.07)

0.90 (0.76–1.02)

0.138

apoA, g/L

1.136 (1.025–1.240)

1.083 (0.984–1.228)

1.035 (0.903–1.162)

 < 0.001

apoB, g/L

0.770 (0.630–0.922)

0.751 (0.629–0.928)

0.757 (0.617–0.910)

0.907

apoE, g/L

33.9 (26.0–41.2)

32.5 (26.6–42.0)

32.5 (26.7–39.4)

0.703

Lp (a), mg/L

148 (88–301)

171 (84–333)

236 (121–378)

0.001

LVEF, %

64 (55–69)

62 (46–69)

47 (42–63)

 < 0.001

FAR

62.80 (57.57–67.66)

81.46 (77.29–85.28)

107.14 (97.65–127.86)

 < 0.001

Gensini score

52 (34–84)

62 (40–88)

72 (48–98)

0.001

Initial diagnosis, n (%)

    

 UA

147 (68.1)

122 (55.7)

83 (38.6)

 < 0.001

 NSTEMI

16 (7.4)

32 (14.6)

34 (15.8)

0.017

 STEMI

53 (24.5)

65 (29.7)

98 (45.6)

 < 0.001

Killip class, n (%)

    

 I

78 (36.1)

101 (46.1)

106 (49.3)

0.016

 II

123 (56.9)

102 (46.6)

78 (36.3)

 < 0.001

 ≥ III

15 (6.9)

16 (7.3)

31 (14.4)

0.012

Diseased vessels number, n (%)

    

 One-vessel disease

44 (20.4)

51 (23.3)

44 (20.5)

0.700

 Two-vessel disease

69 (31.9)

49 (22.4)

49 (22.8)

0.036

 Three-vessel disease

103 (47.7)

119 (54.3)

122 (56.7)

0.148

Diseased vessels type, n (%)

    

 LM

16 (7.4)

21(9.6)

21 (9.8)

0.632

 LAD

202 (93.5)

199 (90.9)

208 (96.7)

0.042

 LCX

142 (65.7)

144 (65.8)

145 (67.4)

0.912

 RCA

147 (68.1)

161 (73.5)

152 (70.7)

0.457

Target vessel territory, n (%)

    

 LAD

130 (60.2)

147 (67.1)

141 (65.6)

0.285

 LCX

61 (28.2)

76 (34.7)

66 (30.7)

0.340

 RCA

113 (52.3)

103 (47.0)

98 (45.6)

0.338

Number of stents, n (%)

    

 1

90 (41.7)

88 (40.2)

75 (34.9)

0.316

 2

66 (30.6)

64 (29.2)

76 (35.3)

0.355

 ≥ 3

60 (27.8)

67 (30.6)

64 (29.8)

0.803

Average length of stents, mm

27.61 ± 6.29

28.60 ± 5.83

27.47 ± 6.17

0.053

Average width of stents, mm

3.04 ± 0.45

2.99 ± 0.39

2.91 ± 0.44

0.016

Plaque property, n (%)

    

 Calcification lesions

47 (21.8)

52 (23.7)

43 (20.0)

0.640

 Diffuse lesions

56 (25.9)

60 (27.4)

55 (25.6)

0.901

 Thrombus

8 (3.7)

13 (5.9)

9 (4.2)

0.505

 Chronic total occlusions

25 (11.6)

31 (14.2)

37 (17.2)

0.247

  1. Data are presented as the IQR, mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CAD coronary artery disease, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide, FAR fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio, MLR monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BUN blood urea nitrogen, SCr serum creatinine concentration, FPG fasting plasma glucose, RBG random blood sugar, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, K+ serum potassium, Na+ serum sodium, Ca2+ serum calcium, PT prothrombin time, PTA prothrombin time activity, INR international normalized ratio, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, TT thrombin time, FIB fibrinogen, FDP fibrinogen degradation products, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apoA apolipoprotein A, apoB apolipoprotein B, apoE apolipoprotein E, Lp(a) Lipoprotein(a), LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, UA unstable angina, NSTEMI non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, LM left main artery, LAD left anterior descending artery, LCX left circumflex artery, RCA right coronary artery