Table 2.
Comorbidities and risk factors in the entire cohort and according to gender
| Parameters | All patients (n = 144) | Women (n = 54) | Men (n = 90) | p | Chi- square |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24 (15.0–36.3) | 22.9 (15.0–32.0) | 24.1 (17.0–36.3) | 0.02 | – |
| BMI categories: | 0.32 | 4.70 | |||
| < 18 kg/m2 | 7 (4.9%) | 5 (9.3%) | 2 (2.2%) | ||
| ≥ 18–25 kg/m2 | 72 (50.0%) | 28 (51.9%) | 44 (48.9%) | ||
| ≥ 25–30 kg/m2 | 47 (32.6%) | 16 (29.6%) | 31 (34.4%) | ||
| ≥ 30 kg/m2 | 9 (6.3%) | 2 (3.7%) | 7 (7.8%) | ||
| Unknown | 9 (6.3%) | 3 (5.6%) | 6 (6.7%) | ||
| T2DM: | 0.09 | 2.82 | |||
| Yes | 26 (18.1%) | 6 (11.1%) | 20 (22.2%) | ||
| No | 118 (81.9%) | 48 (88.9%) | 70 (77.8%) | ||
| Major cardiovascular event: | 0.008 | 7.15 | |||
| Yes | 11 (7.6%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (12.2%) | ||
| No | 133 (92.4%) | 54 (100%) | 79 (87.8%) | ||
| Hypertension: | 0.07 | 5.05 | |||
| Yes | 71 (49.3%) | 21 (38.9%) | 50 (55.6%) | ||
| No | 72 (50.0%) | 32 (59.3%) | 40 (44.4%) | ||
| Unknown | 1 (0.7%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0 | ||
| Smoking status*: | 0.003 | 13.71 | |||
| Never smoker | 102 (70.8%) | 48 (88.9%) | 54 (60.0%) | ||
| Former smoker | 22 (15.3%) | 3 (5.6%) | 19 (21.1%) | ||
| Current smoker | 15 (10.4%) | 2 (3.7%) | 13 (14.4%) | ||
| Unknown | 5 (3.5%) | 1 (1.9%) | 4 (4.4%) | ||
| Drinking status**: | 0.04 | 6.23 | |||
| Abstainer/infrequent | 126 (87.5%) | 52 (96.3%) | 74 (82.2% | ||
| Drinker | 16 (11.1%) | 2 (3.7%) | 14 (15.6%) | ||
| Former drinker | 2 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2.2%) |
Continuous variables were reported as median (minimum – maximum range) and categorical variables as numbers (percentages)
BMI body mass index, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus
*Smoking status was categorized as “current smoker”, when patient currently smokes cigarettes, “former smoker”, when patient has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime but who had quit smoking at the time of interview, and “never smoked 3,16. **Drinking status was defined as follows: “current drinker”, “lifetime abstainer” and “former drinker”, when patient had drinks in the past year 3,16