Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics
| No statins (n = 201) |
Statins (n = 299) |
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| Characteristic | n | % | n | % | p Value |
| Sex, male | 111 | 55 | 154 | 52 | 0.414 |
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| Race, white | 199 | 99 | 295 | 99 | 1 |
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| Hypertension | 161 | 80 | 252 | 84 | 0.2266 |
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| History of stroke | 35 | 17 | 41 | 14 | 0.2585 |
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| Coronary artery disease | 76 | 38 | 128 | 43 | 0.2648 |
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| Hyperlipidemia | 116 | 58 | 228 | 76 | <0.0001 |
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| Diabetes mellitus | 59 | 29 | 131 | 44 | 0.0011 |
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| Chronic renal insufficiency | 24 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 0.5817 |
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| COPD | 45 | 22 | 63 | 21 | 0.7255 |
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| Current smoker | 74 | 37 | 97 | 32 | 0.312 |
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| Previous smoker | 47 | 23 | 68 | 23 | 0.8675 |
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| All smokers | 121 | 60 | 165 | 55 | 0.2665 |