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. 2009 Sep 14;4(9):e7037. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007037

Table 1. Demographics and baseline characteristics.

Matched Men Unmatched Men Unmatched Women
Controls Cases P Controls Cases P Controls Cases P
n = 53 n = 53 n = 38 n = 44 n = 29 n = 24
Age at time of study (mean±SD) 52±7 53±6 0.77 51±8 58±7 <.001 52±7 54±8 0.27
Age at time of study (median, 25th–75th) 52 (49–57) 52 (48–57) 50 (46–58) 55 (54–63) 56 (47–56) 54 (50–60)
Age at last catheterization (mean±SD) 51±6 51±7 0.51 49±8 56±7 <.001 50±7 53±7 0.23
Age at last catheterization (median, 25th–75th) 50 (47–55) 51 (47–56) 48 (44–57) 54 (52–62) 50 (45–54) 53 (49–57)
Ethnicity (Caucasian/African-American/Asian/Hispanic/Native Am) 50/3/0/0/0 50/3/0/0/0 23/13/1/1/0 39/4/0/0/1 21/5/0/1/2 18/4/1/0/1
Smoking, n (%) 26 (49) 29 (55) 0.41 20 (53) 34 (77) <.001 9 (31) 13 (54) 0.02
Diabetes, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Hypertension, n (%) 16 (30) 27 (51) 0.001 15 (39) 27 (61) <.001 13 (45) 12 (50) 0.30
Myocardial infarction, n (%) 0 (0) 29 (55) 2 (5) 21 (48) <.001 1 (3) 10 (14) <.001
PCI, n (%) 0 (0) 15 (28) 0 (0) 13 (30) 0 (0) 4 (20)
CABG, n (%) 0 (0) 15 (28) 0 (0) 15 (34) 0 (0) 7 (29)
Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) 0 (0) 2 (4) 0 (0) 5 (11) 0 (0) 3 (13)
Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) 0 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0) 4 (9) 0 (0) 3 (13)
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 0 (0) 6 (11) 0 (0) 4 (9) 0 (0) 2 (8)
Body Weight (kg) (mean±SD) 97±19 94±16 0.40 101±19 94±30 0.27 89±27 84±24 0.43
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) (mean±SD) 139±19 134±21 0.19 145±17 142±26 0.59 145±23 138±23 0.32
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) (mean±SD) 80±11 76±17 0.12 82±10 82±15 0.97 77±12 70±14 0.06
LV ejection fraction (%) (mean±SD) 64±7 56±11 <.001 64±8 57±12 0.004 66±6 57±12 0.001
Medication
Aspirin, n (%) 18 (34) 47 (89) <.001 10 (26) 42 (95) <.001 6 (21) 21 (88) <.001
ACE inhibitor, n (%) 5 (9) 40 (75) <.001 7 (18) 26 (59) <.001 4 (14) 13 (54) <.001
ARB, n (%) 3 (6) 0 (0) 0.07 2 (5) 5 (11) 0.03 0 (0) 5 (21)
Beta blocker, n (%) 13 (25) 43 (81) <.001 6 (16) 37 (84) <.001 6 (21) 20 (83) <.001
Calcium blocker, n (%) 4 (8) 10 (19) 0.002 5 (13) 9 (20) 0.07 3 (10) 4 (17) 0.19
Statin, n (%) 10 (19) 38 (72) <.001 4 (11) 29 (66) <.001 5 (17) 15 (63) <.001
Fibrate, n (%) 2 (4) 4 (8) 0.15 0 (0) 8 (18) 0 (0) 1 (4)
Clinical Laboratory parameters
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) (mean±SD) 196±29 167±32 <0.01 195±39 177±39 0.06 204±39 181±52 0.12
Triglycerides (mg/dL) (mean±SD) 183±120 142±71 0.05 155±96 181±142 0.40 146±67 161±76 0.50
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) (mean±SD) 117±22 100±31 <0.01 117±35 102±40 0.10 119±31 100±40 0.10
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) (mean±SD) 44±11 39±9 0.03 47±12 42±9 0.09 56±21 49±16 0.24
HbA1c (%) (mean±SD) 5.4±0.4 5.5±0.5 0.30 5.8±1.1 5.7±0.8 0.92 5.6±0.6 5.6±0.6 0.81
Creatinine (mg/dL) (%) (mean±SD) 1.0±0.1 1.1±0.1 0.11 1.1±0.1 1.1±0.2 0.89 0.8±0.2 1.0±0.5 0.12
Hematocrit (%) (mean±SD) 44±5 43±3 0.15 43±2 43±3 0.89 41±3 40±2 0.03
White blood cell count (109/L) (mean±SD) 5.6±1.3 6.2±2.1 0.06 5.9±1.7 6.4±1.9 0.27 6.7±2.3 6.9±2.1 0.51