| |
Overweight subjects
|
Normal weight subjects with CHD
|
Controls
|
|---|
|
No. of subjects
|
275
|
337
|
103
|
|
BMI, kg/m2
|
29.67 ± 2.56***
|
23.85 ± 2.01
|
23.92 ± 1.88
|
|
Age, yr
|
61.36 ± 10.39
|
62.01 ± 11.18
|
61.95 ± 14.79
|
|
Male gender, n (%)
|
211 (76.7%)
|
251 (74.4%)
|
74 (71.8%)
|
|
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)
|
107 (38.9%)***
|
168 (49.8%)***
|
6 (5.8%)
|
|
Hypertension, n (%)
|
173 (62.9)**
|
184 (54.6%)
|
49 (47.5%)
|
|
Smokers, n (%)
|
32 (11.6%)
|
68 (20.2%)**
|
7 (6.8%)
|
|
Hypercholesterolemia, n (%)
|
121 (44%)**
|
115 (34.1%)
|
30 (29.1%)
|
|
Lp(a) (mg/dl)
|
16.2 (4–43)
|
19.6 (5.2–49)
|
14.9 (4.3–45.3)
|
- BMI, body mass index; CHD, coronary heart disease; Lp(a), lipoprotein(a). Lp(a) levels are expressed as medians (interquartile range within brackets). **P < 0.01 ***P < 0.001, versus controls.
