CHI3L1 and hyperlipidemia: The differences in gender, history of diabetes and alcohol consumption, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, sdLDL-C, and Hcy were not statistically significant (p > 0.05), whereas the differences in age, history of hypertension, history of hyperlipidemia, history of smoking, YKL-40, and MMP-9 were statistically significant (p < 0.05) between the positive and non-positive remodelling groups (Table 1).