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Characteristics of the study's population |
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| ACS Patients |
Controls |
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| Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
P-value |
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| Number |
700 (82%) |
148 (18%) |
862 (80%) |
216 (20%) |
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| Age (years) |
59.1 ± 10 |
65.3 ± 9 |
58.8 ± 10 |
64.8 ± 10 |
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| Education |
0.012 |
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| Group I (0 – 9 yrs) |
406 |
58% |
114 |
77% |
474 |
55% |
147 |
68% |
|
| Group II (10 – 14 yrs) |
182 |
26% |
31 |
21% |
198 |
23% |
41 |
19% |
|
| Group III (> 14 yrs) |
112 |
16% |
3 |
2% |
190 |
22% |
28 |
13% |
|
| Current smoking |
525 |
75% |
44 |
30% |
500 |
58% |
54 |
25% |
< 0.001 |
| Pack years |
39.9 ± 14 |
13.1 ± 9 |
21.5 ± 13 |
5.2 ± 6 |
< 0.001 |
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| Hypertension |
308 |
44% |
102 |
69% |
216 |
25% |
69 |
32% |
< 0.001 |
| Hypercholesterolemia |
413 |
59% |
40 |
27% |
586 |
68% |
67 |
31% |
< 0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
168 |
24% |
15 |
10% |
267 |
31% |
17 |
8% |
< 0.001 |
| Family history of CHD |
308 |
44% |
77 |
52% |
129 |
15% |
39 |
18% |
< 0.001 |
| Body mass index (Kg/m2) |
27.4 ± 4 |
27.1 ± 4 |
27.1 ± 3 |
26.7 ± 2 |
0.120 |
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| Physical activity |
252 |
36% |
37 |
25% |
371 |
43% |
84 |
39% |
0.003 |
| Alcohol consumption |
336 |
48% |
25 |
17% |
379 |
44% |
30 |
14% |
0.024 |
|
Comparisons were based on the chi-squared test and the Wilcoxon criterion. P-value is for group differences after controlling for gender. | |||||||||
Panagiotakos et al. Nutrition Journal 2003 2:2 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-2-2 |
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