Table 1.
Baseline clinical characteristics for the overall population stratified by gender.
| Variable | Men (N=1,152); % |
Women (N=2,349); % |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographics (%) | |||
| Age, range (years) | 23 – 55 | 18 – 55 | |
| Age, median (IQR), years | 48 (43, 52) | 48 (44, 52) | 0.2663a |
| Race | |||
| White | 84 | 76 | |
| Black | 10 | 19 | <0.0001 |
| Other | 6 | 5 | |
| Married | 58 | 48 | <0.0001 |
| Education | |||
| < High school | 4 | 6 | |
| High school | 42 | 41 | |
| > High school | 54 | 53 | |
| Work full- or part-time | 73 | 56 | <0.0001 |
| Health insurance | 79 | 81 | 0.0628 |
| Avoid getting healthcare due to cost | 29 | 31 | 0.1393 |
| Cardiac risk factors (%) | |||
| Current Smoker (last 30 days) | 59 | 60 | 0.8106 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 27 | 39 | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension | 62 | 64 | 0.3907 |
| Dyslipidemia | 92 | 83 | <0.0001 |
| Sleep apnea | 5 | 4 | 0.3046 |
| Illicit drug use | 8 | 8 | 0.8163 |
| Co-morbidities (%) | |||
| Congestive heart failure | 2 | 5 | <0.0001 |
| Renal dysfunction | 8 | 12 | 0.0006 |
| Chronic lung disease | 5 | 13 | <0.0001 |
| Depression | 24 | 48 | <0.0001 |
| Cancer | 2 | 4 | 0.0008 |
| Obesity (BMI ≥30kg/m2) | 45 | 51 | 0.0004 |
| Medical History (%) | |||
| Prior AMI or PCI or CABG | 20 | 19 | 0.1742 |
| Angina | 26 | 28 | 0.3726 |
| Prior cardiac catheterization | 21 | 20 | 0.6470 |
| Prior stroke/TIA | 2 | 5 | 0.0001 |
| Prior PAD | 2 | 2 | 0.4706 |
| Autoimmune Disorders | 1 | 4 | <0.0001 |
| Alcohol abuse | 11 | 4 | <0.0001 |
a
P-value from Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
BMI: body mass index; AMI: acute myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; TIA: transient ischemic attack; PAD: peripheral artery disease.