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. 2013 Oct 10;2013:416192. doi: 10.1155/2013/416192

Table 2.

Patients demographic stratified by disease status.

Variable Male Female Total P value
ACS
(n = 986)
Others
(n = 567)
P value ACS
(n = 378)
Others
(n = 381)
P value ACS
(n = 1364)
Others
(n = 948)
Age (years) 61.2 ± 0.4 63.3 ± 0.5 0.001 67.1 ± 0.5 67.1 ± 0.5 0.941 63.1 ± 0.3 64.5 ± 0.4 0.004
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.8 ± 0.1 24.2 ± 0.1 0.026 23.8 ± 0.2 24.1 ± 0.2 0.232 23.8 ± 0.1 24.1 ± 0.1 0.014
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 130 ± 1 132 ± 1 0.021 134 ± 1 136 ± 1 0.325 131 ± 1 133 ± 1 0.017
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 76 ± 1 77 ± 1 0.051 76 ± 1 76 ± 1 0.558 76 ± 1 77 ± 1 0.052
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 4.52 ± 0.04 4.45 ± 0.05 0.306 4.94 ± 0.06 4.87 ± 0.06 0.428 4.66 ± 0.03 4.59 ± 0.04 0.168
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L) 2.89 ± 0.04 2.77 ± 0.06 0.097 3.06 ± 0.05 2.99 ± 0.05 0.337 2.95 ± 0.03 2.84 ± 0.04 0.050
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.99 ± 0.01 1.06 ± 0.01 <0.001 1.15 ± 0.02 1.18 ± 0.02 0.223 1.04 ± 0.01 1.10 ± 0.01 <0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.82 ± 0.04 1.74 ± 0.06 0.310 1.83 ± 0.06 1.86 ± 0.06 0.728 1.83 ± 0.04 1.78 ± 0.05 0.432
Lysophosphatidic acid (g/L) 0.39
(0.23, 0.88)
0.34
(0.21, 0.65)
0.005 0.39
(0.22, 0.86)
0.33
(0.20, 0.58)
0.023 0.39
(0.23, 0.87)
0.34
(0.21, 0.61)
<0.001
Apolipoprotein A (g/L) 1.02 ± 0.01 1.11 ± 0.01 <0.001 1.17 ± 0.01 1.24 ± 0.02 <0.001 1.07 ± 0.01 1.15 ± 0.01 <0.001
Apolipoprotein B (g/L) 0.78 ± 0.01 0.73 ± 0.01 <0.001 0.85 ± 0.02 0.79 ± 0.02 0.018 0.81 ± 0.01 0.75 ± 0.01 <0.001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L) 6.45 ± 0.08 5.97 ± 0.11 <0.001 7.07 ± 0.16 6.09 ± 0.16 <0.001 6.64 ± 0.07 5.98 ± 0.09 <0.001
Uric acid (umol/L) 385±4 404 ± 5 0.002 342 ± 6 358 ± 6 0.041 371 ± 3 388 ± 4 <0.001
Duration of coronary artery disease (years)
 First diagnosed patients (n = 1223)
 History diagnosed patients (n = 1089) 2.00
(0.77, 6.31)
2.42
(1.00, 6.99)
0.031 3.21
(0.94, 9.78)
5.07
(2.00, 10.5)
0.002 2.43
(0.79, 7.15)
3.67
(1.17, 8.96)
<0.001
Marriage (%) 94.5 92.7 0.329 79.5 83.7 0.316 90.5 89.1 0.454
Years of education (%) 0.595 0.207 0.271
 ≤9 57.9 56.4 72.3 66.8 62.1 60.5
 10–12 20.7 23.1 16.5 17.0 19.5 20.7
 ≥13 21.4 20.5 11.2 16.2 18.4 18.8
Physical activities (%) 0.030 0.445 0.066
 None 41.7 31.9 29.8 33.2 38.3 32.4
 ≤30 min 18.2 23.4 22.6 22.6 19.5 23.1
 >30 min 40.1 44.7 47.6 44.2 42.2 44.5
Smoking (%) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Never 37.5 48.3 94.7 96.1 53.4 67.6
 Past 8.9 14.7 1.6 2.5 6.9 9.8
 Current 53.6 37.0 3.7 1.4 39.7 22.7
Alcohol drinking (%) 0.094 0.021 0.006
 Never 68.7 65.7 98.6 97.7 77.4 78.6
 Past 9.5 11.4 0.0 0.8 6.8 7.1
 Current 21.8 22.8 1.4 1.5 15.8 14.3
Coronary artery stenosis degree of CAG <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Not conduct 19.6 43.4 39.9 58.5 25.2 49.5
 <50% 6.5 18.4 7.7 22.5 6.9 20.1
 50–74.9% 7.3 9.3 8.5 7.2 7.6 8.4
 ≥75% 66.6 28.9 43.9 11.8 60.3 22.0
Triple vessel disease (%) (n = 1181 with coronary angiography) 58.6 39.0 <0.001 54.8 25.4 <0.001 57.8 34.8 <0.001
Treatment of coronary disease (%)
 Percutaneous coronary intervention 71.9 37.9 <0.001 53.6 15.2 <0.001 66.5 28.1 <0.001
 Coronary artery bypass graft 2.6 3.3 0.470 1.5 0.9 0.464 2.3 2.3 0.972
 Hypertension 49.3 59.1 0.001 64.0 63.8 0.956 53.6 61.1 0.001
 Diabetes mellitus 26.8 23.7 0.181 38.5 28.5 0.003 30.1 25.6 0.021
 Dyslipidemia 23.9 23.7 0.918 26.0 29.3 0.305 24.5 26.0 0.423
Current prevalence of diseases (%)
 Hypertension
 (≥140/90 mmHg for SBP/DBP or drug use)
92.8 88.9 0.015 92.9 89.0 0.075 92.9 89.0 0.002
 Diabetes mellitus
 (≥7.0 mmol/L for FPG or drug use)
42.1 35.1 0.014 49.3 37.1 0.001 44.2 36.0 <0.001
 Dyslipidemia* 95.8 89.9 <0.001 91.2 86.6 0.057 94.4 88.5 <0.001
Awareness rate of disease (%)
 Hypertension 56.9 67.5 <0.001 70.7 72.8 0.542 60.9 69.7 <0.001
 Diabetes mellitus 60.8 68.9 0.060 71.6 71.6 0.993 64.2 70.1 0.071
 Dyslipidemia 25.2 29.3 0.102 29.6 35.9 0.090 26.4 31.9 0.007
The metabolic syndrome and its individual components (%)
 Metabolic syndrome (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) 56.5 50.0 0.016 65.8 64.2 0.640 59.1 55.9 0.129
 Metabolic syndrome
 (BMI ≥25 kg/m2, n = 1303 with waist  circumference)
56.3 51.9 0.227 66.8 67.6 0.880 58.9 58.0 0.776
 Metabolic syndrome
 (waist circumference, n = 1303)
62.7 58.2 0.211 81.3 79.1 0.602 67.2 66.4 0.770
 Obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) 33.2 36.8 0.154 32.9 34.1 0.719 33.1 35.7 0.196
 Obesity
 (waist circumference >85/80 cm for male/female)
52.2 56.7 0.191 82.1 84.2 0.585 59.4 67.1 0.005
 Triglycerides (≥1.70 mmol/L) 39.8 31.3 0.001 43.3 41.7 0.645 40.8 35.5 0.012
 High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
 (<1.0/1.3 mmol/L for male/female)
53.8 43.4 <0.001 69.0 69.2 0.955 58.0 54.0 0.060
 High blood pressure
 (≥130/85 mmHg for SBP/DBP)
94.5 92.3 0.118 94.0 93.2 0.645 94.4 92.7 0.128
 Fasting plasma glucose (≥5.6 mmol/L) 59.2 51.7 0.005 66.8 54.6 0.001 61.3 52.9 <0.001

Only 1303 but not all study samples measured waist circumference. CAG: coronary angiography.

*Dyslipidemia was defined as any one of triglyceride ≥2.26 mmol/L, total cholesterol ≥6.22 mmol/L, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥4.14 mmol/L, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol <1.04 mmol/L and/or using cholesterol-lowering medicines during the last 2 weeks.