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Demographics of the study population in the CAD and CAD-free groups |
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| CAD = 991 |
CAD-free = 387 |
p-value |
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| Age (yr) |
61.38 ± 9.81 |
58.78 ± 12.3 |
< 0.001 |
| Males |
79.8% |
65% |
< 0.001 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) |
26.74 ± 3.54 |
25.35 ± 3.45 |
< 0.001 |
| Glucose (mmol/l) |
5.84 ± 1.6 |
5.51 ± 0.93 |
< 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) |
5.56 ± 1.17 |
5.44 ± 1.11 |
n.s. |
| HDL (mmol/l) |
1.19 ± 0.31 |
1.42 ± 0.42 |
< 0.001 |
| LDL (mmol/l) |
3.73 ± 0.99 |
3.52 ± 0.93 |
< 0.01 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/dl) |
1.92 ± 1.05 |
1.48 ± 0.68 |
< 0.001 |
| Diabetes Mellitus |
20.1% |
7.2% |
< 0.001 |
| Hypertension |
65.4% |
40.4% |
< 0.001 |
| Current smokers |
65.6% |
41.1% |
< 0.001 |
Cavallari et al. BMC Medical Genetics 2007 8:59 doi:10.1186/1471-2350-8-59 |
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