Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of CHD and ischemic stroke cases and of their respective matched controls: The PRIME Study

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; CHD = coronary heart disease; HDL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP = high sensitivity C-reactive protein; IP-10 = interferon-γ-inducible protein-10; MCP-1 = monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; RANTES = regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted.

^ap Values derived from a conditional logistic regression that takes matched variables into account; triglycerides, hs-CRP, fibrinogen, and chemokines were log transformed for statistical analysis.

^bHypertension was defined as a blood pressure higher than 140/90 mm Hg or use of antihypertensive medication.