Summary statistics by site are shown as median (interquartile range) for continuous variables and number (percentage) for categorical variables. A missing value of Cthrc1 indicates that the ELISA coul
Pa values were obtained by comparison across the 2 groups using the Mann-Whitney test and χ2 test, as appropriate. AU, arbitrary units; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; ARB
