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Table 3 Health behaviours at baseline and incidence of coronary heart disease in men and women 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

 

Coronary heart disease

  

Yes

No

Yes

No

N

%

N

%

Chi-squared

p- value

N

%

N

%

Chi-squared

p-value

Heavy drinking

            

 No

53

10.3

461

89.7

  

43

5.5

733

94.5

  

 Yes

4

3.3

119

96.7

6.070

0.014

1

4.3

22

95.7

0.061

0.805

Daily smoking

            

 No

45

8.3

498

91.7

  

39

5.4

685

94.6

  

 Yes

12

12.8

82

87.2

1.973

0.160

5

6.7

70

93.3

0.214

0.644

Regular physical exercise

            

 No

28

8.7

293

91.3

  

15

4.8

295

95.2

  

 Yes

29

9.2

287

91.3

0.040

0.841

29

5.9

460

94.1

0.435

0.510

Use of statins

            

 No

46

8.2

513

91.8

  

36

4.9

692

95.1

  

 Yes

11

14.1

67

85.9

2.898

0.089

8

11.3

63

88.7

4.970

0.026

Medication for hypertension

            

 No

38

7.7

454

92.3

  

25

4.1

587

95.9

  

 Yes

19

13.1

126

86.9

3.978

0.046

19

10.2

168

89.8

10.160

0.001

Medication for diabetes

            

 No

51

8.3

560

91.7

  

40

5.1

746

94.9

  

 Yes

6

23.1

20

76.9

6.641

0.010

4

30.8

9

69.2

16.207

<0.001