Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of the Population

Characteristics	CHD	Controls
N	873	864
age, year**	51 (8.14)	53 (8.39)
Men,n (%)*	734 (84.0)	612 (70.8)
Body mass index, kg/m2	25.57(3.20)	24.95(9.37)
HDL-C, mmol/L**	1.18 (0.37)	1.35 (0.35)
LDL-C, mmol/L**	2.37 (0.78)	2.75 (0.85)
TC, mmol/L**	4.47 (1.05)	5.03 (1.10)
TG, mmol/L**	1.34 (1.26)	1.12 (1.43)
Cigarette smoking, n (%)**	582 (66.67)	351 (40.91)
Hypertension history, n (%)	431 (49.39)	412 (47.74)
Diabetes mellitus history, n (%)**	183 (20.96)	67 (7.75)

Clinical characteristics of age, Body mass index, LDL-C, HDL-C, TC and TG values are given as mean (SD); and other values as number of individuals.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. control