Table 1.

Clinical and Demographic Characteristics by Lipid-Lowering Medication Use

Clinical and demographic characteristic	No lipid-lowering medication (n = 325)	Lipid-lowering medication (n = 173)	p value
Age years	55 ± 11a	62 ± 11	0.0001
Race, % black	16	19	0.39
Education, % high school or more	44	40	0.38
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	200 ± 43	184 ± 40	0.0001
HDL-C, mg/dL	55 ± 13	53 ± 12	0.15
LDL-C, mg/dL	117 ± 38	99 ± 35	0.0001
Triglycerides, mg/dL	152 ± 128	168 ± 114	0.05
Body mass index	29 ± 6	30 ± 7	0.72
Waist/hip ratio	0.83 ± 0.09	0.85 ± 0.10	0.18
History of hypertension, %	53	67	0.002
History of dyslipidemia, %	34	94	0.001
History of diabetes, %	15	38	0.001
Current smoking, %	18	19	0.78
Postmenopausal, %	66	85	0.001
Current HRT, %	55	43	0.03
Use of anxiolytics, %	20	44	0.30
Use of antidepressants, %	18	19	0.80
Significant disease defined as ≥  50% stenosis in one or more  epicardial arteries, %	22	53	0.001

^aMean ± standard deviation unless noted otherwise.