Table 2 Characteristics of the entire cohort stratified by presence or absence of cardiovascular disease
From: Risk stratification of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in a multi-ethnic cohort
Risk factor | With CVD | Without CVD | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 111 | N = 298 | |||
Age (years) | 66.6(±13.5) | 58.6(±15.2) | <0.001 | |
Mean (SD) | ||||
Age at 1st CVD endpoint (yrs) | 52.6(±14.6) | NA | NA | |
Mean (SD) | ||||
Sex (M/F,%) | 60.4/39.6 | 38.6/61.4 | <0.001 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2(±4.5) | 26.1(±4.9) | 0.456 | |
Mean (SD) | ||||
Diabetes (%) | 13.5 | 3.7 | 0.001 | |
Family history (%) | 0.019 | |||
No family history of pre-mature CVD | 39.5 | 49.8 | ||
Family history of CVD; pre-mature | 60.5 | 50.2 | ||
Smoking (%) | <0.001 | |||
Never smoked | 39.6 | 63.4 | ||
Ever smoked | 60.4 | 36.6 | ||
Hypertension (%) | 34.2 | 18.5 | 0.001 | |
Deaths (%) | 15.3 | 2.3 | <0.001 | |