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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 Feb 13;34(4):939–945. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.302918

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of myocardial infarction cases and controls

Baseline characteristics MI Study (ITRAQ) ASCVD Study (MRM and
Depletion MRM)
Controls
(n=135)
Cases
(n=135)
Controls
(n=336)
Cases
(n=336)
Age, years * 65±9 65±9 65±9 65±9
Female (%) * 34 34 30 30
Smoking, current (%) * 24 24 17 17
Statin use (%)* 19 19 22 22
Hypertension treatment (%) 37 47 35 49
Diabetes, prevalent (%) 7 28 9 27
Lipid lowering therapy (%) 20 21 24 27
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 131±18 137±18 131±19 137±20
Total cholesterol, mg/Dl 198±34 205±44 197±33 203±44
HDL cholesterol, mg/Dl 47±15 45±12 49±15 45±14
BMI, kg/m2 27.8±4.4 28.8±4.8 27.6±4.4 29.0±4.9

Presented are mean±SD for continuous traits, or % for dichotomous traits

*

Matching factors