[Table/Fig-1]:
Clinical characteristics, mean data and laboratory values at the time of diagnosis of CAD among controls and cases.
| Parameters | Group 0 (Control s) n = 80 |
Group 1 (Cases) N = 80 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | 39.30 ± 4.54 | 40.06 ± 4.65 | 0.295 (n.s.) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.51 ± 0.45 | 24.43 ± 1.63 | <0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 87.15 ± 1.31 | 90.99 ± 3.62 | <0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 113.15 ± 9.45 | 120.39 ± 18.67 | 0.002 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 76.16 ± 13.73 | 76.23 ± 11.29 | 0.975 (n.s.) |
| Blood sugar – fasting (mg/dl) | 90.71 ± 6.39 | 104.39 ± 32.81 | <0.001 |
| Boold sugar – postprandial (mg/dl) | 119.78 ± 5.80 | 143.74 ± 54.48 | <0.001 |
| LDL ± SD (mg/dl) | 78.90 ± 11.57 | 98.64 ± 32.91 | <0.001 |
| HDL–C ± SD (mg/dl) | 45.76 ± 4.66 | 34.73 ± 6.99 | <0.001 |
| TG ± SD (mg/dl) | 135.75 ± 11.03 | 152.36 ± 5.47 | <0.001 |
| Total cholesterol ± SD (mg/dl) | 145.84 ± 19.02 | 161.06 ± 36.81 | 0.001 |
p–value significant at < 0.05, n.s.– non significant–