Predictive Value of Auricular Diagnosis on Coronary Heart Disease

Table 1

The demographic and clinical risk factors of the participants.

	CHD+ve; (𝑛=50)	CHD−ve; (𝑛=50)	Test statistics; McNemar; (unless indicated)
Age	65.24 (14.51)	65.40 (13.86)	NS
Gender
1: male	27	27	NS
2: female	23	23
Employment status
1: full time, part time	17	15	NS
2: retired/housewife/unemployed	33	35
BMI	25.13 (5.02)	24.42 (4.19)	NS
Comorbid illness
0: no	29	30	NS
1: yes	21	20
Smoking status
1: never	28	39	0.019
2: ex-smoker, current smoker	22	11
Family history on MI
1: no	37	42	NS
2: yes	13	8
Mean arterial pressure (MAP): diastolic BP + (systolic − diastolic BP)/3	89.32 (9.61)	93.25 (9.27)	(Paired 𝑡-test); 𝑡=−2.271,; df=49,; 𝑃=0.028

NS: nonsignificant.