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Characteristics of study population |
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| Risk factor |
Case group |
Control group |
P value |
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| 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 |
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| Laboratory data |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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