A Pathological Study of the Epidemiology of Atherosclerosis in Mexico City

Table 4

Demographic data and vascular risk factors according to atherosclerosis severity.

	Atherosclerosis; severity by grade		𝑃	No. of arterial; territories; with atherosclerosis		𝑃	Atherosclerosis; with; stenosis ≥25%		𝑃
	I–III; 𝑁=39	IV-V; 𝑁=142		1–3; 𝑁=53	4-5; 𝑁=128		No; 𝑁=86	Yes; 𝑁=95
Gender (%)
Male	21 (53.8)	83 (58.5)	0.60	27 (50.9)	77 (60.2)	0.25	47 (54.7)	57 (60.0)	0.46
Female	18 (46.2)	59 (41.5)		26 (49.1)	51 (39.8)		39 (45.3)	38 (40.0)
Age, median (IQR)	19 (6–24)	41 (28–65)	<0.001	20 (11–28)	45 (29–66)	<0.001	23 (14–33)	58 (34–70)	<0.001
Vascular risk factors (%)	𝑛=32	𝑛=86		𝑛=41	𝑛=77		𝑛=65	𝑛=57
Hypertension	0	17 (19.8)	0.006	2 (4.9)	15 (19.5)	0.03	2 (3.1)	15 (26.3)	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus	0	12 (14.0)	0.03	1 (2.4)	11 (14.3)	0.05	1 (1.6)	11 (19.3)	0.002
Smoking	6 (18.8)	24 (27.9)	0.31	9 (22.0)	21 (27.3)	0.52	16 (26.2)	14 (24.6)	0.83
Alcohol use	8 (25.0)	24 (27.9)	0.75	8 (19.5)	24 (31.2)	0.17	18 (29.5)	14 (24.6)	0.54
BMI	𝑛=21	𝑛=84		𝑛=29	𝑛=76		𝑛=49	𝑛=58
Overweight	6 (28.6)	31 (36.9)	0.13	6 (20.7)	31 (40.8)	0.006	14 (28.6)	23 (39.7)	0.03
Obesity	3 (14.3)	18 (21.4)	0.03	1 (6.9)	19 (25.0)	0.005	5 (10.2)	16 (27.6)	0.004
Abdominal obesity	𝑛=33	𝑛=130		𝑛=45	𝑛=118		𝑛=74	𝑛=89
Men ≥ 102 cm; female ≥ 88 cm	4 (12.1)	38 (29.2)	0.04	8 (17.8)	34 (28.8)	0.15	12 (16.2)	30 (33.7)	0.01
Men ≥ 90 cm; female ≥ 80 cm	9 (27.3)	66 (50.8)	0.01	17 (37.8)	58 (49.2)	0.19	23 (31.1)	52 (58.4)	<0.001
Number of risk factors	𝑛=32	𝑛=86		𝑛=41	𝑛=77		𝑛=65	𝑛=57
None	17 (53.1)	17 (19.8)	0.001	21 (51.2)	13 (16.9)	<0.001	30 (46.2)	8 (14.0)	<0.001
1-2	13 (40.6)	44 (51.2)		15 (36.6)	42 (54.5)		30 (46.2)	27 (47.4)
3–5	2 (6.3)	25 (29.1)		5 (12.2)	22 (28.6)		5 (7.7)	22 (38.6)