Variable | Carriers | Non-carriers | p Value |
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*Eight men and eight women receiving fibrate treatment were excluded. †Percentages of patients with one, two, or three coronary arteries with >50% stenosis. n, number; CAD, coronary artery disease. | |||
Women* | n = 253 | n = 18 | |
Hypertension | 54.5% | 33.3% | 0.081 |
Diabetes | 15.5% | 22.2% | 0.455 |
Smokers | 54.4% | 50.0% | 0.717 |
Family history of CAD | 53.8% | 44.4% | 0.444 |
No. of diseased vessels† | 47.0/34.8/18.2% | 55.6/33.3/11.1% | 0.690 |
Unstable angina | 28.9% | 44.4% | 0.163 |
Myocardial infarction | 47.2% | 55.6% | 0.494 |
Men* | |||
Hypertension | 42.3% | 37.5% | 0.451 |
Diabetes | 12.1% | 11.1% | 0.812 |
Smokers | 81.0% | 79.0% | 0.709 |
Family history of CAD | 46.6% | 50.0% | 0.595 |
No. of diseased vessels† | 39.3/33.1/27.6% | 34.4/32.8/32.8% | 0.620 |
Unstable angina | 27.7% | 34.4% | 0.252 |
Myocardial infarction | 56.1% | 56.3% | 0.982 |