Hyperlipidemia in immune thrombocytopenia: a retrospective study

Thrombosis Journal

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of ITP patients and controls

	Controls	ITP patients	P
Age (median, interquartile range)	45 (27.5)	53 (26)	0.137
Gender(male %)	49 (46.7%)	126 (41.7%)	0.423
LDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SEM)	2.45 ± 0.08	2.74 ± 0.05	0.003**
HDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SEM)	1.44 ± 0.05	1.22 ± 0.02	< 0.0001****
TC (mmol/L) (mean ± SEM)	4.44 ± 0.04	4.58 ± 0.07	0.261
TG (mmol/L) (mean ± SEM)	1.13 ± 0.06	1.52 ± 0.07	0.0012**
WBC (x10⁹/L) (mean ± SEM)	6.05 ± 0.19	7.11 ± 0.44	0.0018**
Neu (x10⁹/L) (mean ± SEM)	3.72 ± 0.17	5.01 ± 0.39	0.0009***
HGB (g/L) (mean ± SEM)	140.43 ± 2.27	126.2 ± 4.25	0.002**

LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, WBC: white blood cell, Neu: neutrophil, HGB: hemoglobin
**: P < 0.01, ***: P < 0.001, ****: P < 0.0001

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