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. 2015 Aug 1;8(8):9543–9551.

Table 1.

Characteristics of all participants

Characteristic Controls (n = 590) CAD (n = 561) IS (n = 527) P vs. Controls

CAD IS
Male/female 431/159 417/144 383/144 0.335 0.471
Age, years 61.33±9.72 62.19±10.57 62.74±12.37 0.153 0.051
Body mass index, kg/m2 22.42±2.86 23.81±3.35 24.79±2.25 0.000 0.017
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg 130.77±19.99 132.79±23.20 148.01±21.91 0.115 0.000
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg 83.06±13.44 79.18±14.24 83.98±12.89 0.000 0.245
Pulse pressure, mmHg 49.77±14.75 53.60±17.43 64.11±17.79 0.000 0.000
Cigarette smoking, n (%) 156 (26.4) 92 (16.3) 88 (42.0) 0.000 0.000
Alcohol consumption, n (%) 273 (46.3) 141 (25.1) 186 (35.3) 0.000 0.000
Total cholesterol, mmol/L 4.93±1.11 4.52±1.20 4.53±1.15 0.000 0.000
Triglyceride, mmol/L 1.40±1.86 1.64±1.10 1.66±1.28 0.007 0.007
HDL-C, mmol/L 1.90±0.50 1.14±0.34 1.22±0.40 0.000 0.000
LDL-C, mmol/L 2.75±0.79 2.71±1.00 2.69±0.90 0.493 0.276
Apolipoprotein (Apo) AI, g/L 1.40±0.26 1.03±0.52 1.02±0.22 0.000 0.000
ApoB, g/L 0.91±0.22 0.90±0.27 0.89±0.25 0.874 0.359
ApoAI/ApoB 1.63±0.48 1.37±2.48 1.26±0.60 0.017 0.000

CAD, coronary artery disease; IS, ischemic stroke; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.