An Association Study between Genetic Polymorphism in the Interleukin-6 Receptor Gene and Coronary Heart Disease

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the study population.

	CHD (𝑛=263)	Controls (𝑛=196)	𝑃
Male, 𝑛 (%)	182 (69.2%)	98 (50%)	<0.001
Smoking, 𝑛 (%)	111 (43.5%)	53 (27.3%)	<0.001
Hypertension, 𝑛 (%)	161 (63.1%)	100 (51.5%)	0.014
Diabetes, 𝑛 (%)	53 (20.7%)	12 (6.1%)	<0.001
Mean age, years	61.04±8.68	57.76±7.97	<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.54±0.94	2.49±0.89	0.600
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.33±1.10	4.28±1.01	0.620
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.06±0.30	1.12±0.29	0.048
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.64±1.06	1.50±0.86	0.125