Plasma GlcCer levels are low in patients with venous thrombosis.

Plasma GlcCer and PE were quantitated using HPLC for 70 patients with venous thrombosis and 70 controls. Solid lines indicate mean values from analysis of the distribution of log-transformed data, and the dashed line in panel A indicates the 10th percentile value for controls. (A) GlcCer levels in 70 patients with venous thrombosis and 70 controls (P = .0007); (B) GlcCer levels for patients and controls who are less than 45 years old (P = .0003); (C) GlcCer levels for patients and controls who are at least 45 years old (P = .33); and (D) PE levels for 70 patients with venous thrombosis and 70 controls (P = .48).