Table 1.

Characteristics of 197 study participants with prior coronary heart disease (CHD) and 524 CHD-free.

Variable	with CHD (n=197)	CHD-free (n=524)	P
Age, years	60±7.5	56±7.1	<0.001
Men/women, n	60/137	148/376	0.580
Body mass index, kg/m2	33.6±8.1	30.8±6.2	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	5.40±1.41	4.99±1.00	<0.001
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L	3.17±1.16	3.01±0.84	0.084
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	1.09±0.34	1.19±0.33	0.001
Triglycerides, mmol/L	1.70±0.01	1.51±0.01	0.010
Ever smokers, n (%)	120 (61)	279 (54)	0.091
Current heavy drinkers, n (%)	55 (28)	153 (29)	0.712
Physical activity score	30.41±3.93	32.23±4.98	<0.001
Type 2 diabetes, n (%)	115 (58)	0	<0.001
Hypertension, n (%)	161 (82)	246 (47)	<0.001
On diabetes treatment, n (%)	97 (50)	0	<0.001
On lipid lowering treatment, n (%)	122 (63)	115 (22)	<0.001
On hypertension treatment, n (%)	159 (81)	187 (36)	<0.001

Values are mean±SD.