Table 1.
Basic clinical characteristics of the subjects with and without DELC
| Variable |
All |
With DELC |
Without DELC |
x 2 or t | P * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 449 | (n = 280, 62.4%) | (n = 169, 37.6%) | |||
| Male |
278 (61.9%) |
192 (68.6%) |
86 (50.9%) |
13.877 |
0.003 |
| Age (years) |
63.29 ± 11.952 |
65.03 ± 10.65 |
59.65 ± 12.90 |
−4.055# |
0.000 |
| Hypertension |
315 (70.2) |
201 (71.8%) |
114 (67.5%) |
0.938 |
0.333 |
| Hypercholesteremia |
142 (31.6) |
86 (30.7%) |
56 (33.1%) |
0.285 |
0.593 |
| Hypertriglycerimia |
159 (35.4%) |
98 (35.0%) |
61 (36.1%) |
0.055 |
0.814 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
117 (26.1%) |
77 (27.05%) |
40 (23.7%) |
0.810 |
0.368 |
| Smoking |
155 (34.5%) |
109 (38.9%) |
46 (27.2%) |
6.507 |
0.011 |
| Alcohol drinking | 120 (26.7%) | 87 (31.1%) | 33 (19.5%) | 7.393 | 0.007 |
All numbers represent percent prevalence unless otherwise specified. *p Value between subgroups with and without DELC. #analyzed using Student t test.