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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Interaction between lipoprotein (a) levels and body mass index in first incident acute myocardial infarction

Characteristics

Total

Initial AMI

Non-CAD

P value

N

3213

1522

1691

 

Demographic data

 Age (IQR), year

63 (15)

64 (18)

62 (13)

< 0.001

 Male n (%)

2117 (65.9)

1229 (80.8)

888 (52.5)

< 0.001

 Height (IQR), cm

165 (10)

165 (9)

163 (12)

< 0.001

 Weight (IQR), kg

65 (11)

65 (7)

65 (14)

0.693

 BMI (IQR)

24.1 (3.0)

24.1 (1.4)

24.4 (4.0)

< 0.001

Marriage n (%)

   

0.019

 Divorced

3 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 

 Married

3168 (98.6)

1492 (98.0)

1676 (99.1)

 

 Unmarried

25 (0.8)

15 (1.0)

10 (0.6)

 

 Widowed

17 (0.5)

12 (0.8)

5 (0.3)

 

Life styles

 Smoking status n (%)

   

< 0.001

  Never

1681 (52.3)

578 (38.0)

1103 (65.2)

 

  Past smoking

276 (8.6)

123 (8.1)

153 (9.1)

 

  Current smoking

1256 (39.1)

821 (53.9)

435 (25.7)

 

 Drinking status n (%)

   

< 0.001

  Never

2488 (77.4)

1108 (72.8)

1380 (81.6)

 

  Past drinking

73 (2.3)

35 (2.3)

38 (2.3)

 

  Current drinking

652 (20.3)

379 (24.9)

273 (16.1)

 

Past history n (%)

 PH

2029 (63.2)

926 (60.8)

1103 (65.2)

0.010

 DM

616 (19.2)

346 (22.7)

270 (16.0)

< 0.001

 Blood analysis

  Total protein (IQR), g/l

66.4 (8.1)

64.8 (7.7)

67.4 (7.7)

< 0.001

  Albumin (IQR), g/l

41.1 (5.5)

39.5 (5.8)

42.1 (4.9)

< 0.001

  Creatinine (IQR), μmol/l

74.0 (24.0)

78.0 (24.1)

72.0 (23.0)

< 0.001

  ALT (IQR), u/l

26.0 (29.0)

40.2 (39.8)

19.0 (13.0)

< 0.001

  AST (IQR), u/l

30.0 (97.0)

123.5 (245.0)

22.0 (8.0)

< 0.001

  Hemoglobin (IQR), g/l

135.0 (19.0)

135.0 (20.0)

134.0 (19.0)

0.375

 Lipid profiles

  TC, mmol/l

4.1 (1.3)

4.1 (1.3)

4.0 (1.2)

< 0.001

  TG, mmol/l

1.3 (1.0)

1.2 (1.0)

1.3 (1.0)

0.009

  Lp(a), mg/l

88 (158)

111 (192)

71 (126)

< 0.001

  Apo A, g/l

1.3 (0.2)

1.2 (0.2)

1.3 (0.2)

< 0.001

  Apo B, g/l

0.9 (0.3)

0.9 (0.3)

0.9 (0.3)

< 0.001

  HDL-C, mmol/l

1.1 (0.3)

1.0 (0.3)

1.1 (0.3)

< 0.001

  LDL-C, mmol/l

2.5 (1.0)

2.6 (1.1)

2.4 (0.9)

0.038

 Medications n (%)

   

0.001

  Rosuvastatin

326 (15.7)

223 (15.9)

103 (15.5)

 

  Fluvastatin

11 (0.5)

3 (0.2)

8 (1.2)

 

  Atorvastatin

897 (43.3)

638 (45.4)

259 (39.0)

 

  Simvastatin

837 (40.4)

542 (38.6)

295 (44.4)

 

 Imaging

  CAG n (%)

3076 (95.7)

1385 (91.0)

1691 (100.0)

< 0.001

  1. Note: Continuous variables were expressed as median (inter quartile range, IQR); categorical variables were expressed as percentage. Abbreviations: N number; CAD coronary artery disease; initial AMI initial acute myocardial infarction; BMI body mass index; PH primary hypertension; DM diabetes mellitus; ALT alanine aminotransferase; AST aspartate aminotransferase; TC total cholesterol; TG triglyceride; Lp(a), lipoprotein(a); Apo A apolipoprotein A1; Apo B apolipoprotein B; HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol; CAG coronary angiogram