Research Article

The Role of Gender in the Importance of Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease

Table 1

Risk factors for men and women and comparison of their association with IHD.

FemaleMale
With IHDWithout IHDWith IHDWithout IHD

Systolic [ (%)]Normal22 (9.6)207 (90.4)14 (12.5)98 (87.5)
Pre33 (13.9)205 (86.1)30 (26.5)83 (73.5)
H130 (17.8)139 (82.2)8 (14.0)49 (0.86)
H211 (20.0)44 (80.0)6 (22.2)21 (77.8)
H33 (42.9)4 (57.1)2 (40.0)3 (60.0)
Trend test value0.0010.19
Diastolic [ (%)]Normal55 (11.7)414 (88.3)38 (17.9)174 (82.1)
Pre8 (21.1)30 (78.9)9 (36.0)16 (64.0)
H125 (17.4)119 (82.6)12 (19.7)49 (80.3)
H211 (23.9)35 (76.1)1 (7.1)13 (92.9)
H30 (0)1 (100)0 (0)2 (100)
Trend test value0.0090.81
Age [mean (STD)]63.0 (10.7)55.3 (11.9)61.3 (10.1)56.5 (13.6)
t-test value<0.0010.003
Weight [mean (STD)]69.3 (13.8)68.3 (12.7)74.1 (11.4)73.4 (12.8)
t-test value0.480.70
Blood pressure [mean (STD)]104.1 (46.4)93.1 (14.4)96.0 (15.2)92.7 (15.6)
t-test value0.020.14

All the information is presented as frequency (%).