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Table 2 Risk factors at baseline and incidence of coronary heart disease in the ten-year follow-up

From: Pessimism and the risk for coronary heart disease among middle-aged and older Finnish men and women: a ten-year follow-up study

 

Men

Women

 

Coronary heart disease

Mann–Whitney U test

Coronary heart disease

Mann–Whitney U test

 

Yes

No

Yes

No

 

N = 57

N = 580

N = 44

N = 755

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.11

3.72

27.26

3.68

0.075

29.11

4.48

27.53

4.85

0.011

Blood glucose (mmol/L)

6.17

1.26

5.71

0.90

0.023

5.97

1.66

5.34

0.79

<0.001

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.94

0.97

5.76

1.05

0.123

5.98

1.18

5.94

0.99

0.828

Waist circumference (cm)

100.9

9.2

98.4

10.5

0.044

94.4

12.4

90.0

12.7

0.017

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

149.7

20.6

144.6

17.3

0.083

147.5

19.0

142.6

18.3

0.098

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

87.2

8.0

88.7

9.7

0.241

84.0

9.3

85.3

9.1

0.376