Research Article
An Association Study between Genetic Polymorphism in the Interleukin-6 Receptor Gene and Coronary Heart Disease
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the study population.
| ć | CHD | Controls | |
| Male, (%) | 182 (69.2%) | 98 (50%) | <0.001 | Smoking, (%) | 111 (43.5%) | 53 (27.3%) | <0.001 | Hypertension, (%) | 161 (63.1%) | 100 (51.5%) | 0.014 | Diabetes, (%) | 53 (20.7%) | 12 (6.1%) | <0.001 | Mean age, years | | | <0.001 | LDL-C (mmol/L) | | | 0.600 | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | | | 0.620 | HDL-C (mmol/L) | | | 0.048 | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | | | 0.125 |
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