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Table 4 Clinical characteristics and lipids levels of the study sample according to the degree of coronary artery stenosis and the Gensini scores system

From: Predictive value of LDL/HDL ratio in coronary atherosclerotic heart disease

Categorical Variables

Coronary artery stenosis

Gensini scores

 < 10% (n = 404)

10–50% (n = 337)

50–70% (= 402)

 ≥ 70% (n = 212)

P value

0–18 (n = 403)

19–39 (n = 367)

40–58 (= 385)

59- (n = 196)

P value

Sex, M (n%)

165 (41%)

159 (47%)

236 (59%)

136 (64%)

 < 0.001

168 (42%)

174 (47%)

227 (59%)

128 (65%)

 < 0.001

Age

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.001

  < 65 y

245 (61%)

152 (45%)

177 (44%)

87 (41%)

 

242 (60%)

168 (46%)

169 (44%)

78 (40%)

 

  ≥ 65 y

159 (39%)

185 (55%)

225 (56%)

125 (59%)

 

161 (40%)

198 (54%)

216 (56%)

118 (60%)

 

Smoker (n%)

100 (25%)

98 (29%)

153 (38%)

75 (35%)

 < 0.001

101 (25%)

106 (29%)

145 (38%)

74 (38%)

 < 0.001

Drinker (n%)

70 (17%)

81 (24%)

92 (23%)

48 (23%)

0.110

71 (18%)

84 (23%)

89 (23%)

46 (24%)

0.167

DM (n%)

49 (12%)

88 (26%)

102 (25%)

79 (37%)

 < 0.001

51 (13%)

95 (26%)

94 (24%)

78 (40%)

 < 0.001

HTN (n%)

208 (52%)

124 (37%)

119 (30%)

67 (32%)

 < 0.001

199 (49%)

234 (64%)

267 (69%)

139 (71%)

 < 0.001

AH (n%)

139 (35%)

125 (37%)

134 (33%)

70 (33%)

0.714

139 (35%)

136 (37%)

130 (34%)

63 (32%)

0.714

HDU (n%)

76 (20%)

66 (20%)

70 (18%)

42 (20%)

0.828

383 (95%)

336 (92%)

300 (78%)

152 (78%)

0.620

BMI (kg/m2)

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.036

  < 18.5

19 (5%)

9(3%)

16(4%)

12(6%)

 

16(4%)

9(3%)

10(2.6%)

10(6%)

 

 18.5–23.9

18 (45%)

147 (44%)

17 (43%)

80 (39%)

 

183 (45%)

162 (44%)

167 (43%)

77 (39%)

 

 24.0–27.9

14 (35%)

12 (36%)

16 (41%)

90 (44%)

 

142 (35%)

132 (36%)

164 (43%)

87 (44%)

 

  ≥ 28.0

64 (19%)

59 (18%)

51 (13%)

24 (12%)

 

62 (15%)

63 (17%)

44 (11%)

22 (11%)

 

LDL/HDL

2.49 ± 0.83

2.20 ± 0.69

2.84 ± 1.02

3.13 ± 1.11

 < 0.001

2.48 ± 0.68

2.24 ± 0.73

2.90 ± 1.02

3.08 ± 1.13

 < 0.001

LDL-C

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.001

  < 2.6 mmol/L

173 (43%)

191 (57%)

162 (40%)

84 (40%)

 

176 (44%)

200 (54%)

147 (38%)

84 (43%)

 

  ≥ 2.6 mmol/L

23 (57%)

147 (44%)

240 (60%)

128 (60%)

 

227 (56%)

167 (45%)

238 (62%)

112 (57%)

 

HDL-C

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.001

  ≤ 1 mmol/L

142 (35%)

102 (30%)

193 (48%)

124 (59%)

 

145 (36%)

111 (30%)

190 (49%)

114 (58%)

 

  > 1 mmol/L

262 (65%)

236 (70%)

209 (52%)

88 (42%)

 

258 (64%)

256 (70%)

195 (51%)

82 (42%)

 

TC

    

0.182

    

0.205

  < 5.2 mmol/L

340 (84%)

297 (88%)

336 (84%)

172 (81%)

 

344 (85%)

321 (87%)

317 (82%)

162 (83%)

 

  ≥ 5.2 mmol/L

63 (16%)

41 (12%)

64 (16%)

40 (19%)

 

59 (15%)

46 (13%)

68 (18%)

34 (17%)

 

TG

    

0.009

    

0.007

  < 1.7 mmol/L

298 (74%)

250 (74%)

268 (67%)

135 (64%)

 

298 (74%)

270 (74%)

251 (65%)

127 (65%)

 

  ≥ 1.7 mmol/L

10 (26%)

88 (26%)

134 (33%)

77 (36%)

 

104 (26%)

97 (26%)

134 (35%)

69 (35%)

 

Cr

    

 < 0.001

    

 < 0.001

  < 97 μmol/L

368 (91%)

306 (91%)

333 (83%)

157 (74%)

 

363 (90%)

332 (91%)

324 (84%)

140 (71%)

 

  ≥ 97 μmol/L

36 (19%)

32 (10%)

69 (17%)

55 (29%)

 

40 (10%)

35 (9%)

61 (16%)

56 (29%)

 
  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. M male, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, AH arrhythmia history, HDU hypolipidemic drug use, LDL-C low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL/HDL the ratio of low-density-lipoprotein to high-density-lipoprotein. BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, TG serum triglyceride, Cr serum creatinine