Cardiovascular Profile of Xanthelasma Palpebrarum

Table 1

Characteristics of xanthelasma cases and controls.

Variables	Case (𝑛=61)	%	Control (𝑛=130)	%
Age (yrs)
≤40	6	9.8
40–60	45	73.77
>60	10	16.39
Sex
Male	34	55.7	77	59.2
Female	27	44.3	53	40.8
Ethnicity
Hindu	50	81.97	87	66.9
Muslim	11	18.03	38	29.2
Sikh	0	0	5	3.8
Tobacco
Smoking	13	21.3	21	16.15
Oral Tobacco	8	13.1	6	4.6
Both	3	4.9	5	3.85
Pattern
Unilateral	15	24.6
Bilateral (2 eyelids)	30	49.18
3 eyelids	06	9.8
4 eyelids	10	16.14
Associated
Dyslipidemia	12 (𝑛=20)	60	28 (𝑛=49)	57.14
Conditions
Hypertension	23 (𝑛=61)	37.7	14 (𝑛=115)	12.17
Diabetes	11 (𝑛=61)	18.03	3 (𝑛=130)	2.3
CAD	04 (𝑛=61)	6.56	0	0
Prehypertension	05 (𝑛=57)	8.77	17 (𝑛=115)	14.78
Prediabetes	05 (𝑛=19)	26.3	12 (𝑛=45)	26.67
XP with smoking: HTN (𝑛=7; 43.8%)
XP without smoking: HTN (𝑛=16; 35.6%)
XP with obesity: HTN (𝑛=7; 40%)
XP without obesity: HTN (𝑛=2; 12.5%)

XP: xanthelasma palpebrarum; CAD: coronary artery disease; HTN: hypertension.