From: Effect of inflammation on association between cancer and coronary artery disease
Variables | cancer patients (N = 374) | Non-cancer patients(N = 1122) | P Value |
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Gender | Â | Â | Â |
 Male  Female | 282(75.4%) 92(24.6%) | 829(73.9%) 293(26.1%) | 0.562 a |
Age (yrs) | 66.0(IQR[60.0–70.0]) | 66.0(IQR[59.0–73.0]) | 0.821 b |
BMI(Kg/M^2) | 24.80(IQR[22.60–26.90]) | 25.10(IQR[23.30–27.20]) | 0.228 b |
Smoking history | Â | Â | Â |
 Never-Smoker  Current-smoker  Ex-smoker | 190(50.8%) 169(45.2%) 15(4.0%) | 585(52.1%) 419(37.3%) 118(10.5%) | < 0.001 a |
Drinking history | Â | Â | Â |
 Non-drinker  Current-drinker  Ex-drinker | 218(58.3%) 125(33.4%) 31(8.3%) | 709(63.2%) 361(32.4%) 52(4.6%) | 0.019 a |
Family history of CAD | 41(11.0%) | 159(14.2%) | 0.112 a |
Hypertension | 220(58.8%) | 663(59.1%) | 0.927 a |
Diabetes Mellitus | 130(34.8%) | 345(30.7%) | 0.149 a |
Hyperlipidemia | 28(7.5%) | 209(18.6%) | < 0.001 a |
NLR | 2.513(IQR[1.586–2.976]) | 2.394(IQR[1.697–3.177]) | 0.011 b |
NLR classification | Â | Â | Â |
 NLR-high  NLR-low | 199(56.7%) 152(43.3%) | 534(47.9%) 581(52.1%) | 0.004 a |