From: Coronary risk in relation to genetic variation in MEOX2 and TCF15 in a Flemish population
Characteristic | Non-cases | Cases | All |
---|---|---|---|
N° | 1921 | 106 | 2027 |
N° with characteristics (%) |  |  |  |
 Women | 1006 (52.4) | 28 (26.4)‡ | 1034 (51.0) |
 Current smoker | 566 (29.6) | 39 (36.8) | 605 (29.9) |
 Drinking alcohol | 565 (29.4) | 21 (19.8)* | 586 (28.9) |
 Diabetes mellitus | 26 (1.4) | 7 (6.6)‡ | 33 (1.6) |
 Hypertension | 432 (22.5) | 54 (50.9)‡ | 486 (24.0) |
 Treated hypertension | 189 (9.8) | 25 (23.6)‡ | 214 (10.6) |
 History of CHD | 30 (1.6) | 11 (10.4)‡ | 41 (2.0) |
Mean of characteristic (±SD) |  |  |  |
 Age, years | 42.8 ± 14.1 | 57.4 ± 11.3‡ | 43.6 ± 14.3 |
 Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25.6 ± 4.3 | 27.1 ± 3.9‡ | 25.7 ± 4.3 |
 Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.84 ± 0.09 | 0.91 ± 0.08‡ | 0.85 ± 0.09 |
 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 124.5 ± 15.2 | 135.3 ± 15.8‡ | 125.0 ± 15.4 |
 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 76.0 ± 9.4 | 78.6 ± 9.9†| 76.2 ± 9.5 |
 Heart rate, beats per minute | 69.2 ± 9.5 | 69.9 ± 9.0 | 69.3 ± 9.5 |
 Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 5.46 ± 1.14 | 6.06 ± 1.15‡ | 5.49 ± 1.15 |
 HDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.40 ± 0.39 | 1.16 ± 0.33‡ | 1.37 ± 0.39 |
 Total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio | 4.21 ± 1.58 | 5.75 ± 2.30‡ | 4.29 ± 1.66 |
 Serum creatinine, μmol/L | 90.2 ± 16.8 | 104.3 ± 19.4‡ | 91.1 ± 16.8 |
 Plasma glucose, mmol/L | 5.03 ± 1.27 | 5.48 ± 2.29‡ | 5.05 ± 1.35 |