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Table 1 Baseline demographic and biochemical characteristics of the population

From: Sex, age, and ethnic dependency of lipoprotein variants as the risk factors of ischemic heart disease: a detailed study on the different age-classes and genders in Tehran Cardiometabolic Genetic Study (TCGS)

Unrelated individuals

Characteristics

Male (n = 918)

Female (n = 646)

All (n = 1564)

Non-CHD (n =)

CHD (n =)

P valueb

Non-CHD (n =)

CHD (n =)

P valueb

Non-CHD (n =)

CHD (n =)

P valueb

Age (years)

57 ± 11

57 ± 11

1

57 ± 9

57 ± 9

1

57 ± 10

57 ± 10

1

SBP (mm Hg)

122 ± 27

128 ± 30

0.001

123 ± 27

126 ± 30

0.26

122 ± 27

127 ± 30

0.001

DBP (mm Hg)

76 ± 15

79 ± 17

0.013

77 ± 15

79 ± 18

0.18

77 ± 15

79 ± 17

0.006

BMI (kg/m2)

25 ± 7

27 ± 6

0.002

27 ± 5

27 ± 6

0.86

26 ± 6

27 ± 6

0.01

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

220 ± 46

232 ± 48

 < 0.001

218 ± 40

234 ± 49

 < 0.001

219 ± 44

233 ± 49

 < 0.001

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

193 ± 130

228 ± 140

0.001

168 ± 91

224 ± 147

 < 0.001

183 ± 123

226 ± 156

 < 0.001

LDL (mg/dl)

141 ± 35

150 ± 39

0.001

138 ± 34

151 ± 41

0.001

140 ± 35

150 ± 39

 < 0.001

HDL (mg/dl)

42 ± 11

38 ± 9

 < 0.001

43 ± 10

40 ± 11

 < 0.001

42 ± 11

39 ± 10

 < 0.001

  1. aCharacteristics based on Mean ± SE
  2. bP value of t student or chi-square test between case and control groups, SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Indicates statistical significance (P < 0.05)
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Biology of Sex Differences

ISSN: 2042-6410

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