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Table 1 Demographics, Baseline Plasma Lipid Levels and Indices of Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis

From: The 9p21 susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease and the severity of coronary atherosclerosis

A. Demographics (N = 332)

Age (years)

59.3 ± 7.7

Male/Female

280 (84%)/52 (16%)

Height (m)

1.74 ± 0.08

Body Weight (kg)

84.85 ± 15.62

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.06 ± 4.50

Waist/Hip

0.91 ± 0.68

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

124.48 ± 15.31

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

76.67 ± 8.82

Previous myocardial infarction (%)

130 (39%)

Diabetes mellitus (%)

11 (3.3%)

Current smokers (%)

68 (20%)

B. Plasma Lipid levels (N = 332)

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

220.0 ± 24.5

HDL-C (mg/dl)

43.9 ± 11.3

LDL-C (mg/dl)

143.9 ± 19.9

LDL-C/HDL-C

3.49 ± 0.91

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

161.5 ± 57.1

Apo A1 (mg/dl)

132.7 ± 27.4

Apo B (mg/dl)

134.4 ± 20.8

ApoB/ApoA1

1.05 ± 0.26

Apo C-III (mg/dl)

37.5 ± 12.3

Lipoprotein (a) (mg/dl)

132.7 ± 27.4

C. Quantitative Indices of Severity of Atherosclerosis (N = 288)

Number of coronary lesions (mean)

2.99 ± 1.37

Number of subject with ≥ one coronary lesion (%)

287 (86%)

Number of coronary occlusions (mean)

0.30 ± 0.55

Number of subject with ≥ one coronary occlusion (%)

83 (25%)

Average baseline MLD (mm)

1.68 ± 0.40

  1. Abbreviations: m: meter; Kg: Kilogram; mmHg: millimeter mercury; mg/dl: milligram per deciliter; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; Apo A: apolipoprotein A; Apo B: apolipoprotein B; Apo C-III: apolipoprotein C3; MLD: minimal lumen diameter.