Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Variables	Controls, n = 562	Patients with CAD, n = 508	P value
Age (years, mean ± SD)	60.22 (± 10.73)	61.29 (± 11.27)	0.11
Gender (%)
Male	359 (63.90)	336 (66.10)
Female	203 (36.10)	172 (33.90)	0.44
Hypertension (%)
Yes	118 (21.00)	315 (62.00)
No	444 (79.00)	193 (38.00)	<  0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%)
Yes	84 (14.90)	107 (21.10)
No	478 (85.10)	401 (78.90)	0.01
TCH (mmol/L, mean ± SD)	4.18 ± 0.59	4.90 ± 0.77	<  0.001
TG (mmol/L, mean ± SD)	1.38 ± 0.48	1.95 ± 1.06	<  0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L, mean ± SD)	1.55 ± 0.35	1.33 ± 0.37	<  0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L, mean ± SD)	2.50 ± 0.76	2.71 ± 0.70	<  0.001

CAD coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, SD standard deviation, TCH total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol