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. 2007 Jan 4;125(1):4–8. doi: 10.1590/S1516-31802007000100002

Table 1. Characterization of patients with coronary artery disease and controls who underwent angiography, and the respective statistical significance between the two groups (p-value).

Profile Patients (n = 91) n (%) Controls (n = 36) n (%) p-value
Hypertension 74 (81) 24 (60) 0.124
Diabetes 23 (25) 3 (8) 0.059
Sedentary lifestyle 36 (39) 13 (36) 0.875
Smoker 65 (71) 20 (55) 0.133
Angina 83 (91) 31 (86) 0.597
Ventricular involvement 33 (36) 10 (27) 0.482
Alcoholism 32 (35) 11 (30) 0.774
TC (> 200 mg/dl) 36 (39) 11 (30) 0.457
LDLc (> 130 mg/dl) 31 (34) 11 (30) 0.865
HDLc (< 40 mg/dl) 49 (53) 11 (30) 0.03*
VLDLc (> 30 mg/dl) 30 (33) 14 (38) 0.671
TG (> 150 mg/dl) 33 (36) 15 (41) 0.717

TC = total cholesterol; LDLc = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol fraction; HDLc = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol fraction; VLDLc = very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol fraction; TG = triglycerides.

*

p < 0.05.