Table 2.
Age-adjusted comparison characteristics in participants with and without CHD, Rancho Bernardo, 1984–1987
| Non-CHD cases (n 1308) | CHD cases (n 451) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P* |
| Age (years) | 69·6 | 9·7 | 72·3 | 8·5 | 0·001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24·7 | 3·6 | 25·1 | 3·9 | 0·035 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 223·9 | 68·7 | 229·1 | 74·0 | 0·050 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 64·3 | 18·9 | 60·3 | 18·3 | 0·407 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 138·1 | 72·6 | 145·5 | 78·6 | 0·038 |
| TAG (mg/dl) | 112·8 | 74·4 | 123·0 | 78·3 | 0·184 |
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||
| Alcohol (g/week) | 4·6 | 4·0–5·3 | 4·7 | 3·9–5·3 | 0·389 |
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Men | 529 | 40·4 | 222 | 49·2 | 0·001 |
| Diabetes | 142 | 11·0 | 69 | 15·5 | 0·011 |
| Hypertension | 897 | 68·6 | 346 | 76·7 | 0·001 |
| Smoking | 0·401 | ||||
| Current | 173 | 13·2 | 58 | 12·9 | |
| Former | 594 | 45·4 | 221 | 49·0 | |
| Never | 541 | 41·4 | 172 | 38·1 | |
| Strenuous exercise ≥3 times/week | 1075 | 82·2 | 363 | 80·5 | 0·421 |
| Current oestrogen user† | 220 | 41·3 | 61 | 35·5 | 0·176 |
IQR, interquartile range.
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100.
Alcohol was log transformed.
*P value from t test for continuous variables and from χ 2 test for categorical variables.
†Assessed only in women.