Table 1.
Clinical characteristics in patients and controls.
| Characteristics |
Controls (N = 1110) N (%) Mean ± SD |
EH (N = 89) | EH + ECa (N = 76) | ECa (N = 186) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N (%) Mean ± SD |
P |
N (%) Mean ± SD |
P |
N (%) Mean ± SD |
P | ||
| Age (years) | 59.96 ± 12.17 | 58.69 ± 10.20 | 0.32 | 57.90 ± 10.61 | 0.14 | 58.60 ± 9.62 | 0.13 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.44 ± 5.30 | 28.58 ± 5.79 | 0.14 | 30.09 ± 9.00 | 0.33 | 30.04 ± 7.25 | 0.18 |
| Smoking | 122 (10.99) | 6 (6.74) | 0.28 | 4 (5.26) | 0.17 | 11 (5.91) | 0.036 |
| Hypertension | 426 (38.38) | 35 (39.33) | 0.91 | 34 (44.74) | 0.28 | 80 (43.01) | 0.26 |
| Diabetes | 39 (3.51) | 1 (1.12) | 0.36 | 6 (7.89) | 0.062 | 12 (6.45) | 0.066 |
| HRT | 221 (19.91) | 16 (17.98) | 0.78 | 14 (18.42) | 0.88 | 19 (10.22) | 0.001 |
Significant results are in bold.