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Table 3 Comparison of laboratory investigations in patients with COPD and AATD (with and without augmentation therapy). For all laboratory parameters, lsmean, diff-lsmean and CL95% and p-value from GLM are reported if not otherwise stated

From: Cardiovascular risk in patients with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Item

Total a (n = 2645)

1 AATD + T (n = 110)

2 AATD-T (n = 29)

3 COPD (n = 2506)

Diff. between means (CI 95%) p-value

Creatinine serum [mg/dl]

0.89 (0.88–0.90)

0.86 (0.81–0.91)

0.75 (0.66–0.85)

0.89 (0.88–0.89)

1–2: 0.11 (−0.001 0.22) 0.053

1–3: −0.029 (−0.08 0.20) 0.243

2–3: −0.14 (−0.24–0.04) < .01

Uric acid [mg/dl]

5.95 (5.88–6.01)

5.5 (5.2–5.8)

5.2 (4.6–5.9)

5.9 (5.9–6.0)

1–2: 0.23 (−0.46 0.94): 0.509

1–3: −0.51 (−0.83–0.18) 0.002

2–3: −0.75 (−1.38–0.11) 0.021

alpha-1-antitrypsin [mg/dl]

142 (141–143)

113 (107–119)

39 (28–51)

144 (143–146)

1–2: 73.49 (60.46 86.51) < .0001

1–3: −31.94 (−38.07–25.82) < .0001

2–3: −105.43 (−117.05–93.81) < .0001

Triglyceride [mg/dl]

142 (138–146)

94 (73–116)

135 (93–178)

144 (140–149)

1–2: −41.02 (−88.55 6.51) 0.091

1–3: −50.56 (−72.35–28.76) < .0001

2–3: −9.53 (−52.24 33.17) 0.662

Cholesterol [mg/dl]

216 (215–217)

217 (209–225)

245 (229–261)

216 (214–218)

1–2: −27.91 (−46.38–9.44) 0.003

1–3: 1.27 (−7.17 9.71) 0.767

2–3: 29.18 (12.58 45.79) < .001

HDL Choles-terol [mg/dl]

65 (64–66)

71 (67–76)

75 (66–83)

64 (64–65)

1–2: −3.27 (−12.62 6.08) 0.491

1–3: 7.01 (2.69 11.32) 0.002

2–3: 10.27 (1.89 18.66) 0.016

LDL Choles-terol [mg/dl]

128 (127–130)

127 (120–135)

144 (130–159)

128 (126–129)

1–2: −17.15 (−33.70–0.60) 0.042

1–3: −0.57 (−8.21 7.07) 0.884

2–3: 16.58 (1.74 31.41) 0.029

HBA1c [mmol/mol]

41.2 (40.8–41.5)

37.1 (35.6–38.6)

37.1 (34.2–39.9)

41.4 (41.1–41.7)

1–2: 0.01 (−3.25 3.28) 0.994

1–3: −4.29 (−5.84–2.74) < .0001

2–3: −4.30 (−7.21–1.39) 0.004

  1. aMean CL95% reported