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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2019 Oct 10;106(4):273–279. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314503

Table 1.

Patient demographics/characteristics, symptoms and cardiac medications based on WHO body mass index categories

Underweight BMI <18.5 n=56 (1%) Normal 18.5–24.9 n=1459 (16%) Overweight 25.0–29.9 n=3135 (35%) Obese 1 30.0–34.9 n=2463 (28%) Obese 2 35.0–39.9 n=1170 (13%) Obese 3 ≥40 n=606 (7%) P value
Age, years* 61.2 (8.57) 62.7 (8.94) 61.3 (8.48) 60.3 (7.86) 59.1 (7.42) 58.5 (6.84) <0.001
Female sex 42/56 (75.0) 899/1459 (61.6) 1499/3135 (47.8) 1216/2463 (49.4) 655/1170 (56.0) 367/606 (60.6) <0.001
Race <0.001
 White 49/55 (89.1) 1250/1445 (86.5) 2655/3111 (85.3) 2066/2446 (84.5) 973/1154 (84.3) 476/603 (78.9)
 Black 4/55 (7.3) 107/1445 (7.4) 272/3111 (8.7) 299/2446 (12.2) 154/1154 (13.3) 112/603 (18.6)
 Asian 1/55 (1.8) 65/1445 (4.5) 118/3111 (3.8) 29/2446 (1.2) 5/1154 (0.4) 2/603 (0.3)
Ethnicity 0.063
 Hispanic or Latino 3/55 (5.5) 82/1446 (5.7) 253/3118 (8.1) 196/2448 (8.0) 85/1163 (7.3) 41/605 (6.8)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 52/55 (94.5) 1364/1446 (94.3) 2865/3118 (91.9) 2252/2448 (92.0) 1078/1163 (92.7) 564/605 (93.2)
Cardiac risk factors
 Hypertension 31/56 (55.4) 698/1459 (47.8) 1855/3135 (59.2) 1754/2463 (71.2) 915/1170 (78.2) 506/606 (83.5) <0.001
 Diabetes 6/56 (10.7) 153/1459 (10.5) 417/3135 (13.3) 645/2463 (26.2) 382/1170 (32.6) 281/606 (46.4) <0.001
 Dyslipidaemia 27/56 (48.2) 894/1459 (61.3) 2160/3135 (68.9) 1744/2463 (70.8) 801/1170 (68.5) 391/606 (64.5) <0.001
 Smoker (ever/never) 35/56 (62.5) 798/1459 (54.7) 1581/3134 (50.4) 1282/2463 (52.1) 565/1170 (48.3) 282/606 (46.5) <0.001
 Family history of premature CAD 19/55 (34.5) 458/1451 (31.6) 981/3129 (31.4) 765/2455 (31.2) 396/1167 (33.9) 197/605 (32.6) 0.610
 Sedentary lifestyle 23/56 (41.1) 570/1456 (39.1) 1348/3130 (43.1) 1247/2459 (50.7) 699/1170 (59.7) 414/606 (68.3) <0.001
 Metabolic syndrome 4/56 (7.1) 118/1459 (8.1) 430/3135 (13.7) 1564/2463 (63.5) 806/1170 (68.9) 443/606 (73.1) <0.001
Primary presenting symptom
 Chest pain 47/56 (83.9) 1087/1458 (74.6) 2292/3134 (73.1) 1801/2461 (73.2) 815/1168 (69.8) 421/606 (69.5) 0.011
 Dyspnoea 6/56 (10.7) 188/1458 (12.9) 441/3134 (14.1) 383/2461 (15.6) 203/1168 (17.4) 117/606 (19.3) <0.001
Medication use
 Aspirin 15/55 (27.3) 582/1366 (42.6) 1302/2981 (43.7) 1108/2381 (46.5) 526/1135 (46.3) 277/589 (47.0) 0.006
 Statin 15/55 (27.3) 546/1366 (40.0) 1382/2981 (46.4) 1160/2381 (48.7) 524/1135 (46.2) 275/589 (46.7) <0.001
 Beta-blocker 17/55 (30.9) 284/1366 (20.8) 658/2981 (22.1) 645/2381 (27.1) 319/1135 (28.1%) 188/589 (31.9) <0.001
 ACEi or ARB 16/55 (29.1) 397/1366 (29.1) 1110/2981 (37.2) 1183/2381 (49.7) 642/1135 (56.6) 377/589 (64.0) <0.001

Data are n/N (%) except where indicated.

*

Mean (SD).

ACEi, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease.