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. 2012 Aug 17;8:473–481. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S33305

Table 2.

Conventional and extended cardiovascular risk factors

Group 1 (n = 5725) Group 2 (n = 9656) P-value
Conventional risk factors
 Dyslipidemia (%) 92.7 91.8 0.04
 Arterial hypertension (%) 71.4 87.0 <0.001
 Current smoker (%) 31.5 9.4 <0.001
 Former smoker (%) 48.7 40.0 <0.001
 Family history (%) 43.6 26.5 <0.001
 Diabetes mellitus (%) 23.5 30.1 <0.001
OGTTa
 Performed [n (%)] 842 (20.0%) 393 (6.1%) <0.001
 IGT [n (%)] 94 (11.2) 63 (16.0) 0.038
 Diabetes [n (%)] 17 (2.1) 9 (2.3) 0.038
Lp(a)
 Determined [n (%)] 1154 (20.2) 446 (4.8) <0.001
 >30 mg/dL [n (%)] 90 (7.8) 38 (8.2) 0.810
 Determined Lp(a) (mg/dL)b 10.8 ± 20.9 10.3 ± 22.3 0.022

Notes:

a

In patients without documented diabetes;

b

data presented as mean plus or minus standard deviation.

Abbreviations: OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; Lp(a), lipoprotein(a).