Table 1

Characteristics of study population

Risk factor
Case group
Control group
P value

Age (year ± SD)
41.01 ± 3.13
39.1 ± 4.94
0.05
Male gender, n (%)
86(88.7)
93(72.6)
0.01
Family history, n (%)
31(31.9)
34(26.5)
0.75
Hypertension, n (%)
24(24.7)
21(16.4)
0.18
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)
13(13.4)
3(0.02)
0.02
Smoking, n (%)
57(58.7)
57(44.5)
0.36
Hyperlipidemia, n (%)
39(40.2)
25(19.5)
0.01

Laboratory data

Triglyceride (mg/dl)
194.68 ± 8.5
177.21 ± 12.4
0.25
Cholesterol (mg/dl)
209.8 ± 4.7
189.34 ± 4.0
0.77
LDL (mg/dl)
132.1 ± 4.1
113.33 ± 2.9
0.16
HDL (mg/dl)
37.7 ± 0.83
41.25 ± 0.92
0.02
Homocysteine (μmol/L)
1.7 ± 19.3
0.9 ± 13.9
0.00

SD, standard deviation; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein

Sadeghian et al. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2006 6:38   doi:10.1186/1471-2261-6-38