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. 2013 Dec 27;6(2):189–195. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v6n2p189

Table 1.

Comparison of demographic variables between coronary artery disease cases and healthy controls

CAD Patients (n=300) Healthy Controls (n=300) P Value
Age 45-60 120 (50.60%) 117 (49.40%) 0.802
>60 180 (49.60%) 183 (50.40%)
Gender male 210 (51.5%) 198 (48.50%) 0.294
female 90 (46.90%) 102 (53.10%)
Marital Status married 273 (51.00%) 262 (49.00%) 0.14
divorced 9 (56.30%) 7 (43.80%)
widowed 18 (51.00%) 31 (49.00%)
Body Mass Index <18.5 18 (40.90%) 26 (59.10%) 0.41
18.5-27 180 (50.00%) 180 (50.00%)
>27 102 (52.00%) 94 (48.00%)
Education Under Primary 135 (48.40%) 144 (51.6%) 0.459
secondary 144 (51.20%) 137 (48.8%)
under graduate 15 (46.90%) 17 (53.10%)
post graduate 6 (75.00%) 2 (25.00%)
Socioeconomic Status low 180 (47.10%) 202 (52.90%) 0.164
middle 99 (55.60%) 79 (44.40%)
high 21 (52.50%) 19 (47.50%)
Family History yes 75 (51.40%) 71 (49.60%) 0.704
no 225 (49.60%) 229 (50.40%)
Hypertension No 90 (27.10%) 242 (72.90%) <0.0001
yes 210 (78.40%) 58 (21.60%)
Diabetes no 177 (42.90%) 236 (57.10%) <0.0001
yes 123 (65.80%) 64 (34.20%)