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. 2014 Feb 26;2014:264205. doi: 10.1155/2014/264205

Table 4.

Demographic data and vascular risk factors according to atherosclerosis severity.

  Atherosclerosis
severity by grade		 P No. of arterial
territories
with atherosclerosis		 P Atherosclerosis
with
stenosis ≥25%		 P
  I–III
N = 39		 IV-V
N = 142		 1–3
N = 53		 4-5
N = 128		 No
N = 86		 Yes
N = 95
Gender (%)                  
 Male 21 (53.8) 83 (58.5) 0.60 27 (50.9) 77 (60.2) 0.25 47 (54.7) 57 (60.0) 0.46
 Female 18 (46.2) 59 (41.5) 26 (49.1) 51 (39.8) 39 (45.3) 38 (40.0)
Age, median (IQR) 19 (6–24) 41 (28–65) <0.001 20 (11–28) 45 (29–66) <0.001 23 (14–33) 58 (34–70) <0.001
Vascular risk factors (%) n = 32 n = 86   n = 41 n = 77   n = 65 n = 57  
 Hypertension 0 17 (19.8) 0.006 2 (4.9) 15 (19.5) 0.03 2 (3.1) 15 (26.3) <0.001
 Diabetes mellitus 0 12 (14.0) 0.03 1 (2.4) 11 (14.3) 0.05 1 (1.6) 11 (19.3) 0.002
 Smoking 6 (18.8) 24 (27.9) 0.31 9 (22.0) 21 (27.3) 0.52 16 (26.2) 14 (24.6) 0.83
 Alcohol use 8 (25.0) 24 (27.9) 0.75 8 (19.5) 24 (31.2) 0.17 18 (29.5) 14 (24.6) 0.54
 BMI n = 21 n = 84   n = 29 n = 76   n = 49 n = 58  
  Overweight 6 (28.6) 31 (36.9) 0.13 6 (20.7) 31 (40.8) 0.006 14 (28.6) 23 (39.7) 0.03
  Obesity 3 (14.3) 18 (21.4) 0.03 1 (6.9) 19 (25.0) 0.005 5 (10.2) 16 (27.6) 0.004
 Abdominal obesity n = 33 n = 130   n = 45 n = 118   n = 74 n = 89  
  Men ≥ 102 cm;
  female ≥ 88 cm		 4 (12.1) 38 (29.2) 0.04 8 (17.8) 34 (28.8) 0.15 12 (16.2) 30 (33.7) 0.01
  Men ≥ 90 cm;
  female ≥ 80 cm		 9 (27.3) 66 (50.8) 0.01 17 (37.8) 58 (49.2) 0.19 23 (31.1) 52 (58.4) <0.001
 Number of risk factors n = 32 n = 86   n = 41 n = 77   n = 65 n = 57  
  None 17 (53.1) 17 (19.8) 0.001 21 (51.2) 13 (16.9) <0.001 30 (46.2) 8 (14.0) <0.001
  1-2 13 (40.6) 44 (51.2) 15 (36.6) 42 (54.5) 30 (46.2) 27 (47.4)
  3–5 2 (6.3) 25 (29.1) 5 (12.2) 22 (28.6) 5 (7.7) 22 (38.6)