Triglycerides and blood pressure in relation to circulating CD34-positive cell levels among community-dwelling elderly Japanese men: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population based on levels of circulating CD34-positive cells

	CD34-positive cells		p
	Lower	Higher	p
Circulating CD34 positive cells, cells/μL	0.63 ± 0.19	2.02 ± 1.82
No. of participants	165	162
Age, year	65.0 ± 2.6	64.9 ± 2.7	0.600
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	131 ± 18	133 ± 18	0.312
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	79 ± 12	80 ± 12	0.403
BMI, kg/m²	22.6 ± 2.6	23.7 ± 2.7	< 0.001
Over weight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²), %	17.6	30.9	0.005
Drinker, %	43.6	45.1	0.796
Smoker, %	12.7	17.9	0.195
HDL, mg/dL	59 ± 13	55 ± 15	0.019
Triglycerides, mg/dL	95 ± 46	131 ± 96	< 0.001
HbA_1c, %	5.6 ± 0.6	5.7 ± 0.7	0.159
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	0.85 ± 0.16	0.83 ± 0.14	0.183
GFR, mL/min/1.73m²	72.0 ± 13.3	73.8 ± 13.1	0.222

Values, mean ± standard deviation. Lower CD34-positive cells, ≤ 0.93 cells/μL. Higher CD34-positive cells, > 0.93 cells/μL
BMI body mass index, HDL HDL cholesterol, HbA _1c hemoglobin A_1c, GFR glomerular filtration rate

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