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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folate levels in premature coronary artery disease

Risk factor

Case group

Control group

P value

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

Laboratory data

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

  1. SD, standard deviation; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein