Novel and traditional cardiovascular risk factors in children after Kawasaki disease
Implications for premature atherosclerosis
Yiu-fai Cheung, MBBS*,*,
Tak-cheung Yung, MBBS*,
Sidney C. F. Tam, MBBS ,
Marco H. K. Ho, MBBS* and
Adolphus K. T. Chau, MBBS*
* Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Grantham Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China

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Figure 1 Distribution of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (solid lines) and apolipoprotein (apo) A-I (dashed lines) levels in the three groups of subjects (*p = 0.046 vs. group II and p = 0.016 vs. group III; **p = 0.018 vs. group II and p = 0.044 vs. group III). Error bars represent the mean ± SEM.
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Figure 2 Scatter plots of pulse wave velocity in the three groups of patients. Horizontal lines represent the means of the groups.
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