Table 1: Clinical Characteristics of the AS patients with Hyperlipidemia.

 

Ho-FH(n=3)

He-FH(n=3)

non-FH(n=18)

p-value(ANOVA test)

Age (yrs) at AVR

31±10 *, **

71±11

68±11

<0.001

Female (%)

2 (66.7)

2 (66.7)

9 (50)

NA

AVA (cm2)

0.9±0.1

0.8±0.2

1.0±0.6

0.821

peak velocity (m/sec)

5.4±1.6

4.7±1.2

4.0±1.0

0.147

Hypertension (%)

1 (33.3)

3 (100)

12 (66.7)

0.304

Diabetes mellitus (%)

0

3 (100)

10 (55.6)

0.060

CAD (%)

3 (100)

3(100)

8 (44)

0.083

TC (mg/dL) pre-mediation

734±180 *, **

266±58

227±45

<0.001

TC (mg/dL) at AVR

260±28 *, **

151±10

200±25

0.016

LDL-C (mg/dL) pre-medication

546 (n=1)

186±50

127±35

NA

LDL-C (mg/dL) at AVR

200±2 *, **

94±19

123±22

0.016

AS: aortic stenosis; AVA: aortic valve area, TC: total cholesterol, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

*p<0.05 versus He-FH, **p<0.05 versus non-FH, based on the Tukey's HSD (honestly significant difference) test.

“TC and LDL-C pre-medication” showing the data before apheresis and medication in Ho-FH and the data in He- and non-FH at initial diagnosis before induction of statin.