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Table 1 Cardiovascular risk factors among family members and general population controls.

From: Screening families of patients with premature coronary heart disease to identify avoidable cardiovascular risk: a cross-sectional study of family members and a general population comparison group

 

Family members

N = 103

General population

N = 206

P value*

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Smoking status

   

   Never

40 (39)

118 (57)

< 0.001

   Ex

20 (19)

42 (20)

 

   current

43 (42)

46 (22)

 

Body composition

   

   BMI ≥ 25

76 (75)

121 (59)

0.009

   WHR >0.8 (F), >0.9 (M)

72 (72)

114 (57)

0.012

   Waist >88 cm (F), >102 cm (M)

46 (46)

55 (28)

0.001

Hypertension

35 (35)

50 (25)

0.071

Diabetes

9 (9)

0 (0)

< 0.001

Cholesterol:HDL ratio >4.0

52 (51)

64 (31)

0.001

Established CHD

5 (5%)

0 (0%)

0.004

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Number of cigarettes smoked

15 (10, 20)

12 (6, 16)

0.049

Systolic blood pressure

129 (119, 142)

124 (115, 133)

0.005

BMI

28 (25, 32)

26 (24, 28)

< 0.001

HDL cholesterol

1.2 (1.0, 1.6)

1.5 (1.2, 1.8)

< 0.001

Waist (cm)

94.5 (86.1, 104.0)

87.2 (81.2, 97.0)

< 0.001

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

WHR

0.89 (0.09)

0.86 (0.07)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol

5.3 (1.3)

5.4 (1.0)

0.341

  1. N number, BMI body mass index, WHR waist hip ratio, cm centimetres, F female, M male, HDL high density lipoprotein, CHD coronary heart disease
  2. *paired t test for WHR and total cholesterol, Wilcoxon paired signed rank test for remainder of continuous variables, Conditional logistic regression for smoking status, McNemar's exact test for diabetes and established CHD, McNemar's χ2 test for remainder of categorical variables
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