Genetic Variants of CD40 Gene Are Associated with Coronary Artery Disease and Blood Lipid Levels
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of study samples.
Variable
Case ()
Control ()
Age (year)
63.75 ± 11.56
61.70 ± 12.75
0.080
Gender (female) (%)
46.2
49.9
0.218
Smoking (%)
37.7
23.5
<0.001
Drinking (%)
21.2
22.7
0.625
BMI (Kg/m2)
24. 12 ± 2.73
23.94 ± 3.35
0.440
WHR
0.93 ± 0.08
0.87 ± 0.08
<0.001
Hypertension (%)
56.3
29.9
<0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%)
24.0
11.8
<0.001
TC (mmol/L)
4.98 ± 1.60
4.63 ± 1.22
0.104
TG (mmol/L)
1.73 ± 1.17
1.74 ± 1.22
0.937
Age, WHR were compared by the Mann-Whitney test. BMI, TC, and TG were performed with Student’s -test. Gender, smoking, drinking, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus were compared by using Pearson’s chi-square test.