Circulating Levels of Human salusin-β,a Potent Hemodynamic and Atherogenesis Regulator
Figure 5
Plasma salusin-β concentrations in patients with vascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and diabetes insipidus.
Distribution of plasma salusin-β levels from 37 patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease (CAD), 43 patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD), 28 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), and five patients with panhypopituitarism and complete central diabetes insipidus (DI). Each point represents the salusin-β concentration found in a single subject and the horizontal bars indicate the mean salusin-β concentration for each group. The horizontal bar with the vertical line in the left lane shows the mean ± SD of 106 healthy subjects for comparison. *P < 0.0001 vs. healthy controls. A closed square in the DI group represents the plasma salusin-β concentration of a 47-year-old man with panhypopituitarism and complete DI due to a completely severed pituitary stalk induced by a traumatic brain injury.