Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of a matched sub-sample and systemic inflammatory disease patients

	Matched sub-sample (n = 138)	Systemic inflammatory disease cohort (n = 53)	P-value
Age at event, median (IQR)	46 (41–49)	46 (42–48)	0.54
Female, n (%)	48 (34.8%)	19 (35.8%)	0.89
Caucasian, n (%)	95 (68.8%)	40 (75.5%)	0.37
Hypertension, n (%)	84 (60.9%)	33 (62.3%)	0.86
Hyperlipidaemia, n (%)	124 (89.9%)	46 (86.8%)	0.54
Diabetes, n (%)	30 (21.7%)	11 (20.8%)	0.88
Obesity, n (%)	55 (39.9%)	24 (46.2%)	0.43
Current tobacco use, n (%)	57 (41.6%)	23 (44.2%)	0.74
Charlson index, mean (SD)	1.6 (1.0)	1.7 (0.8)	0.36

IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.