Table 1.

General characteristics of the study population.

	Study Population	Males	Females	p Value
Total (N)	34,669	22,554 (65.1%)	12,115 (34.9%)	<0.001 †
LDL-C ≥ 4.9 mmol/L (N, %)	3434 (9.9%)	1805 (8.0%)	1629 (13.4%)	<0.001 *
LDL-C ≥ 6.5 mmol/L (N, %)	371 (1.1%)	157 (0.7%)	214 (1.8%)	<0.001 *
LDL-C ≥ 8.5 mmol/L (N, %)	36 (0.1%)	13 (0.1%)	23 (0.2%)	<0.001 *
DM (N, %)	4081 (11.8%)	2244 (9.9%)	1837 (15.2%)	<0.001 *
AH (N, %)	16,627 (48.0%)	10,458 (46.4%)	6169 (50.9%)	<0.001 *
DM and AH (N, %)	3229 (9.3%)	1743 (7.7%)	1486 (12.3%)	<0.001 *
Median age (years)	67	64	73	<0.001 *
Median LDL-C (mmol/L/)	3.4	3.3	3.5	<0.001 *

LDL—low density lipoprotein cholesterol; DM—diabetes mellitus; AH—arterial hypertension. ^† Statistically significant difference in proportion between sexes in a patient group. * Statistically significant difference between sexes.