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. 2005 Oct 25;77(6):1011–1020. doi: 10.1086/498653

Table 1.

BHF Family Heart Study Population Characteristics

Findings for Subjects with
Characteristic CAD Phenotype MI Subphenotype
No. of study families 1,933 847
No. of affected individuals 4,175 1,776
Percentage of affected males/females 73.8/26.2 77.2/22.8
Mean age, in years (SD), at onset for affected males 51.7 (7.7) 50.7 (7.9)
Mean age, in years (SD), at onset for affected females 54.1 (7.4) 53.4 (7.8)
Mean age, in years (SD), at exam for affected individuals 61.0 (7.4) 61.6 (7.8)
Percentages of subjects, by ethnicity (European/Asian/other) 98.5/1.4 /.1 98.6/1.2/.1
No. (%) of validated and analyzed families, by number of affected siblings:
 Two 1,675 (86.5) 772 (91.1)
 Three 220 (11.4) 69 (8.1)
 More than three 38 (2.0) 6 (.8)
No. (%) of subjects affected at age <66 years:
 With MI with revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention/CABG) 1,365 (32.7) 937 (52.8)
 With MI without revascularization 1,191 (28.5) 839 (47.2)
No. (%) of subjects affected by CAD but not MI at age <66 years:
 CAD with revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention/CABG) 1,161 (27.8)
 CAD (angiography or exercise stress test) without revascularization 458 (11.0)
No. (%) of subjects with parental history of CAD at age <66 years:
 Neither parent affected 774 (40.1) 343 (40.4)
 Father affected 617 (31.9) 260 (30.7)
 Mother affected 320 (16.6) 146 (17.2)
 Both affected 221 (11.4) 98 (11.6)
No. (%) of subjects with cardiovascular risk factors:
 Smoking history 3,051 (73.1) 1,355 (76.3)
 Diabetes mellitus (receiving treatment) 490 (11.7) 151 (11.8)
 Hypertension (receiving treatment) 1,924 (46.1) 789 (44.4)
 Hyperlipidemia (>5.0 mmol/liter or receiving treatment) 3,384 (81.1) 1,415 (79.7)
 Obesity (BMI >25 kg/m2) 3,018 (72.3) 1,283 (72.2)