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Table 2 Features and conventional atherothrombotic risk factors of overweight subjects with and without coronary heart disease (CHD)

From: Relationship between apolipoprotein(a) size polymorphism and coronary heart disease in overweight subjects

 

CHD

No CHD

n

155

120

BMI, kg/m2

29.39 ± 2.13

30.03 ± 3.00

Age, yr

61.70 ± 9.56

60.90 ± 11.40

Male gender, n (%)

120 (77.4%)

91 (75.8%)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

83 (53.4%)

24 (20%)***

Hypertension, n (%)

93 (60%)

85 (70.8%)

Smokers, n (%)

33 (21.3%)

20 (16.7%)

Hypercholesterolemia, n (%)

80 (51.6%)

41 (34.1%)**

Lp(a) (mg/dl)

20 (5–50.3)

12.6 (2.6–38.6)*

  1. BMI, body mass index; Lp(a), lipoprotein(a). Lp(a) levels are expressed as medians (interquartile ranges within brackets). *P < 0.05 **P < 0.01 ***P < 0.001, versus CHD