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. 2013 Nov 11;27(6):427–434. doi: 10.1002/jcla.21623

Table 1.

Demographic and Biochemical Characteristics of the Study Population

Study groups P‐values
Control (n = 138) DM (−) CHD (n = 112) DM (+) CHD (n = 82) 1P 2P
Gender (n, %) 0.169 0.060
Male 82 (59.42%) 76 (67.86%) 38 (46.34%)
Female 56 (40.58%) 36 (32.14%) 44 (53.66%)
Age (years) (X ± SD) 56.39 ± 11.28 55.54 ± 10.87 58.00 ± 7.87 0.544 0.217
BMI (kg/m2) 25.26 ± 3.29 26.45 ± 3.18 26.21 ± 4.13 0.006 0.124
≥ 27kg/m2 39 (29.77%) 54 (50.94%) 26 (44.07%) 0,001 0.055
<27 kg/m2 92 (70.23%) 52 (49.06%) 33 (55.93%)
Smoking (n, %) <0.001 0.201
Never smoking 76 (59.80%) 33 (30.00%) 47 (69.10%)
Current smoking 51 (40.20%) 77 (70.00%) 21 (30.90%)
Alcohol consumption (n, %) 0.992 0.167
Consumers 8 (16.00%) 9 (16.10%) 3 (6.80%)
Nonconsumers 42 (84.00%) 47 (83.90%) 41 (93.20%)
SBP (mmHg) (X ± SD) 121.35 ± 10.79 128.57 ± 30.12 133.12 ± 27.39 0.027 0.001
DBP (mmHg) (X ± SD) 74.34 ± 8.97 79.69 ± 15.62 81.45 ± 16.95 0.003 0.001
TC (mmol/l) (X ± SD) 4.93 ± 1.26 5.59 ± 1.39 5.04 ± 1.36 <0.001 0.585
TG (mmol/l) (X ± SD) 1.59 ± 0.95 1.62 ± 0.74 1.80 ± 1.09 0.771 0.170
LDL‐C (mmol/l) (X ± SD) 3.18 ± 1.12 3.57 ± 1.11 3.08 ± 1.04 0.010 0.561
HDL‐C (mmol/l) (X ± SD) 1.11 ± 0.30 1.03 ± 0.18 0.98 ± 0.25 0.015 0.002
VLDL‐C (mmol/l) (X ± SD) 0.71 ± 0.36 0.73 ± 0.33 0.83 ± 0.55 0.769 0.092
LVH (n, %) NS NS
Positive 30 (30.90%) 10 (31.30%)
Negative 67 (69.10%) 22 (68.70%)
Hypertension (n, %) <0.001 <0.001
Positive 41 (40.20%) 44 (55.70%)
Negative 104 (100%) 61 (59.80) 35 (44.30)
Family story (n, %) 0.034 0.012
Positive 24 (24.74%) 42 (38.53%) 21 (45.65%)
Negative 73 (75.26%) 67 (61.47%) 25 (54.35%)

DM(+)CHD, coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with diabetes; DM(−)CHD, CHD patients without diabetes; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; LDL‐C, low‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol; HDL‐C, high‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol; VLDL‐C, very low‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy. The results are shown as mean ± SD. n, number of individuals; parametric results are shown as mean ± SD; P1, control versus DM(−)CHD; P2, control versus DM(+) CHD; NS, nonspecific. Bold values of P indicate statistical significance.