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. 2015 Jan 23;10(1):e0114943. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114943

Table 1. Demographic characteristic of the population.

Premature CAD (n = 900)
Control (n = 667)
P value *
P25 Median P75 P25 Median P75
Age (years) 49 54 58 47 52 58 0.011
Body Mass Index (Kg/m2) 26 28.33 31.3 25.41 27.96 30.98 0.012
Waist circumference (cm) 91.13 97.25 105.38 84.9 93.5 101.1 <0.0001
Total Abdominal Fat (cm2) 332.25 422 521.75 332 439 541 0.121
Subcutaneous Abdominal Fat (cm2) 185 241.5 310.75 209 281 370 <0.000
Visceral Abdominal Fat (cm2) 124.25 168 215.75 101 141 185 <0.0001
Visceral/Subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio 0.5 0.69 0.918 0.346 0.484 0.663 <0.0001
Blood Pressure (mmHg) Systolic 107.33 116.33 128.25 106.33 116.33 127.33 0.318
Diastolic 66.33 72 78.92 66.67 72 78.33 0.692
Heart Rate (bpm) 57.42 64.67 72.67 59.33 65.33 71 0.531
Gender n (%) Male 253 (37.9) 744 (82.6) <0.0001
Female 414 (62.1) 156 (17.4)
Obesity n (%) Yes 209 (31.3) 323 (35.8) 0.034
Central obesity n (%) Yes 529 (79.3) 753 (83.6) 0.016
Tobacco smoking n (%) Current 212 (31.7) 579 (64.3) <0.0001
Former 151 (22.6) 114 (12.6) <0.0001
Use of alcohol n (%) Yes 492 (73.7) 500 (55.5) <0.0001
Hypertension n (%) Yes 195 (29.2) 602 (66.8) <0.0001
Hypertensive Medication n (%) Yes 68 (10.2) 812 (90.2) <0.0001

Data are expressed as median and percentiles 25 and 75.

*P values were estimated using Mann-Whitney U-test continuous variables and Chi-square or Fisher test for categorical values.