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. 2022 May 28;22:244. doi: 10.1186/s12872-022-02683-w

Table 2.

The clinical and behavioral variables of the participants according to the CVD status in Kherameh cohort

Variable CVD No (n = 9552) n (%) p value
   All participants n (%) n = 10,663 Yes (n = 1111)
n (%)
Diabetes
 No 9070 (85.1) 799 (71.9) 8271 (86.6) < 0.001
 Yes 1593 (14.9) 312 (28.1) 1281 (13.4)
Cancer
 No 10,609 (99.5) 1100 (99) 9509 (99.5) < 0.001
 Yes 54 (0.5) 11 (1) 43 (0.5)
COPD
 No 10,369 (97.2) 1055 (95) 9314 (97.5) < 0.001
 Yes 294 (2.8) 56 (5) 238 (2.5)
High blood pressure
 No 8153 (76.5) 463 (41.7) 7690 (80.5) < 0.001
 Yes 2510 (23.5) 648 (58.3) 1862 (19.5)
High cholesterol level
 No 7014 (65.8) 772 (69.5) 6242 (65.3) 0.006
 Yes 3649 (34.2) 339 (30.5) 3310 (34.7)
High triglyceride level
 No 7637 (71.6) 760 (68.4) 6877 (72.1) 0.011
 Yes 3018 (28.3) 351 (31.6) 2667 (27.9)
HDL (mg/dl)
 < 40 for males and < 50 for females 4798 (45) 515 (46.4) 4283 (44.9) 0.329
 ≥ 40 for males and ≥ 50 for females 5860 (55) 595 (53.6) 5265 (55.1)
White blood cell count (× 1000 cells/mm3)
 < 5.8 4189 (39.3) 390 (35.1) 3799 (39.8) 0.006
 5.8–7 3129 (29.3) 337 (30.3) 2792 (29.3)
 > 7 3337 (31.3) 384 (34.6) 2953 (30.9)
Opium use
 No 8949 (83.9) 908 (81.8) 8041 (84.2) 0.039
 Yes 1710 (16) 202 (18.2) 1508 (15.8)
Hookah use
 No 10,115 (94.9) 1062 (95.6) 9053 (94.8) 0.28
 Yes 548 (5.1) 49 (4.4) 499 (5.2)
Smoking
 No 7956 (74.6) 797 (71.7) 7163 (75) 0.018
 Yes 2704 (25.4) 314 (28.3) 2389 (25)
Alcohol consumption
 No 10,095 (94.7) 1066 (95.9) 9029 (94.5) 0.045
Median serum creatinine (mmol/l) 0.9 (0.9, 1) < 0.001

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HDL, high density lipoprotein