Research Article

APOE Gene Polymorphism and Risk of Coronary Stenosis in Pakistani Population

Table 1

Patient characteristics according to the percent of vessel’s stenosis ().

Parameters<30%
()
30–69%
()
≥70%
()
value

Age (years)52.47 (12.56)55.63 (13.40)54.42 (11.32)0.14
BMI (kg/m2)28.89 (4.82)28.71 (3.09)28.98 (4.65)0.94
Gender (M/F)120/3726/6394/1120.82
Smoking (no/yes)91/66118/14395/11
Family history (no/yes)87/7012/20346/160
*TC (mg/dL)188.58 (46.53)198.19 (44.02)200.01 (53.90)0.43
*HDL-c (mg/dL)40.53 (10.26)34.21 (6.06)39.18 (9.29)0.1
*TG (mg/dL)171.22 (61.54)147.26 (38.95)186.52 (62.12)0.03

TC, HDL-c, and TG were measured on subset of 216 subjects.
TC: total cholesterol; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein; TG: triglyceride.