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. 1999 Oct 30;319(7218):1157–1162. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7218.1157

Table 1.

Characteristics of survivors of acute myocardial infarction aged 30-49 and of age and sex matched controls. Values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise

Characteristic Cases (n=1122) Controls (n=1122) P value
Questionnaire
Age (years) 43.9 (4.2) 43.5 (4.2) Matched
No (%) of men 939 (83.6) 939 (83.6) Matched
Body mass index (kg/m2) 27.5 (4.4) 25.8 (3.2) <0.0001
Height (m) 1.70 (0.09) 1.72 (0.08) <0.0001
Weight (kg) 79.8 (14.7) 76.3 (11.9) <0.0001
No (%) of current smokers 753 (67) 314 (28) <0.0001
No (%) with treated diabetes 45 (4) 12 (1) <0.0001
No (%) with treated hypertension 198 (18) 91 (8) <0.0001
No (%) ended education <16 years 721 (64) 501 (45) <0.0001
No (%) with household income <£12 000/year 308 (27) 138 (12) <0.0001
Blood sample
Total cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.88 (1.20) 5.32 (0.99) <0.0001
Apolipoprotein A1 (g/l) 1.13 (0.21) 1.19 (0.19) <0.0001
Apolipoprotein B (g/l) 1.20 (0.30) 1.00 (0.24) <0.0001
Fibrinogen (g/l)* 3.46 (0.75) 3.03 (0.60) <0.0001
Log10 C reactive protein (mg/l) 2.31 (0.50) 1.99 (0.34) <0.0001
*

Measurements were available for only 874 cases and 904 controls. 

Measurements were available for only 384 cases and 384 controls.