Table 1. Characteristics of participants... | American Society of Hematology

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

	Control	Myocardial infarction		Ischemic stroke		Non-MI ischemic heart disease
	CCHS	Patients	CCHS	Patients	CCHS	Patients	CCHS
No. of individuals	7907	493	469	231	410	448	365
Age, y	56 ± 0.2	58 ± 0.4^*	68 ± 0.4^‡	63 ± 0.5^‡	69 ± 0.4^‡	58 ± 0.5^*	69 ± 0.5^‡
Body mass index, kg/m²	25.5 ± 0.05	26.4 ± 0.2^‡	26.7 ± 0.2^‡	25.5 ± 0.3	26.1 ± 0.2^‡	26.4 ± 0.2^‡	26.5 ± 0.2^‡
Cholesterol, mM	6.1 ± 0.01	6.2 ± 0.06	6.6 ± 0.05^‡	6.5 ± 0.08^‡	6.5 ± 0.06^‡	6.3 ± 0.06^†	6.4 ± 0.07^‡
HDL cholesterol, mM	1.6 ± 0.01	1.1 ± 0.02^‡	1.4 ± 0.02^‡	1.4 ± 0.03^‡	1.5 ± 0.02^‡	1.2 ± 0.02^‡	1.5 ± 0.03^†
Lipoprotein(a), mg/L	300 ± 4	621 ± 29^‡	397 ± 20^*	442 ± 41^†	361 ± 22	573 ± 30^‡	334 ± 20
Triglycerides, mM	1.8 ± 0.02	2.4 ± 0.1^‡	2.4 ± 0.1^‡	2.3 ± 0.1^‡	2.2 ± 0.1^‡	2.2 ± 0.1^‡	2.2 ± 0.1^‡
Fibrinogen, mg/dL	3.0 ± 0.01	—	3.6 ± 0.04^‡	—	3.5 ± 0.04^‡	—	3.5 ± 0.05^‡
Women, %	57	20^‡	36^‡	39^‡	48^‡	33^‡	46^‡
Smoking, %	73	88^‡	84^‡	80^*	80^†	76	82^‡
Hypertension, %	17	31^‡	35^‡	46^‡	40^‡	29^‡	35^‡
Diabetes mellitus, %	3	11^‡	9^‡	14^‡	8^‡	9^‡	6^‡

	Control	Myocardial infarction		Ischemic stroke		Non-MI ischemic heart disease
	CCHS	Patients	CCHS	Patients	CCHS	Patients	CCHS
No. of individuals	7907	493	469	231	410	448	365
Age, y	56 ± 0.2	58 ± 0.4^*	68 ± 0.4^‡	63 ± 0.5^‡	69 ± 0.4^‡	58 ± 0.5^*	69 ± 0.5^‡
Body mass index, kg/m²	25.5 ± 0.05	26.4 ± 0.2^‡	26.7 ± 0.2^‡	25.5 ± 0.3	26.1 ± 0.2^‡	26.4 ± 0.2^‡	26.5 ± 0.2^‡
Cholesterol, mM	6.1 ± 0.01	6.2 ± 0.06	6.6 ± 0.05^‡	6.5 ± 0.08^‡	6.5 ± 0.06^‡	6.3 ± 0.06^†	6.4 ± 0.07^‡
HDL cholesterol, mM	1.6 ± 0.01	1.1 ± 0.02^‡	1.4 ± 0.02^‡	1.4 ± 0.03^‡	1.5 ± 0.02^‡	1.2 ± 0.02^‡	1.5 ± 0.03^†
Lipoprotein(a), mg/L	300 ± 4	621 ± 29^‡	397 ± 20^*	442 ± 41^†	361 ± 22	573 ± 30^‡	334 ± 20
Triglycerides, mM	1.8 ± 0.02	2.4 ± 0.1^‡	2.4 ± 0.1^‡	2.3 ± 0.1^‡	2.2 ± 0.1^‡	2.2 ± 0.1^‡	2.2 ± 0.1^‡
Fibrinogen, mg/dL	3.0 ± 0.01	—	3.6 ± 0.04^‡	—	3.5 ± 0.04^‡	—	3.5 ± 0.05^‡
Women, %	57	20^‡	36^‡	39^‡	48^‡	33^‡	46^‡
Smoking, %	73	88^‡	84^‡	80^*	80^†	76	82^‡
Hypertension, %	17	31^‡	35^‡	46^‡	40^‡	29^‡	35^‡
Diabetes mellitus, %	3	11^‡	9^‡	14^‡	8^‡	9^‡	6^‡

Values are means ± SE or frequencies.

MI indicates myocardial infarction; CCHS, The Copenhagen City Heart Study; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.

P < .05;

P < .01;

P < .001 compared with controls using Mann-Whitney U test, Pearson chi-square test, or Studentt test.