Usefulness of C-Reactive Protein as a Marker for Prediction of Future Coronary Events in the Asian Indian Population: Indian Atherosclerosis Research Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study participants.
CAD-patients ()
No CAD ()
Continuous variables, mean (SD)
Age
55.93 (9.36)
40.37 (14.15)
.0001
BMI
25.83 (3.85)
25.67 (4.9)
.418
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
127.57 (16.74)
122.18 (15.35)
.0001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
81.53 (8.55)
81 (9.26)
.186
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)*
155.41 (40.79)
178.27 (40.33)
.0001
Triglycerides (mg/dL)*
149.84 (68.86)
131.98 (85.09)
.0001
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)*
38.75 (9.06)
42.46 (10.6)
.0001
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)*
86.27 (33.76)
110.18 (34.82)
.0001
Categorical variables, (%)
Statin
529 (69.2)
44 (2.9)
.0001
Male
630 (81.6)
724 (46.9)
.0001
Female
142 (18.4)
820 (53.1)
.0001
Smoking
Never
465 (60.5)
1356 (88.1)
Ex-smoker
241 (31.4)
61 (3.96)
Occasional
5 (0.7)
25 (1.62)
Current smoker
57 (7.4)
98 (6.36)
History of
Diabetes
349 (67.9)
529 (57.8)
<.0001
Hypertension
378 (73.8)
659 (72.0)
.37
Probability values for continuous variables are from 2-sample -tests and for categorical variables from chi square tests.
*Log-transformed distribution.
