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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the CHD patients according to the tertile of the Gensini scores

From: The apoB100/apoAI ratio is independently associated with the severity of coronary heart disease: a cross sectional study in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Variables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

P value

≤33rd percentile (n = 265)

33rd to 66th percentile (n = 261)

≥66th percentile (n = 266)

Non-lipid variables

 Age, years

62.06 ± 9.98

62.68 ± 10.61

64.95 ± 9.67

0.003

 Male gender, n (%)

171 (64.5)

172 (65.9)

204 (76.7)

0.004

 Weight, kg

64.95 ± 9.29

63.39 ± 9.36

64.67 ± 9.63

0.225

 BMI, kg/m2

24.56 ± 2.84

24.15 ± 3.03

24.16 ± 3.04

0.399

 Smokers, n (%)

95 (35.8)

120 (46.0)

133 (50.0)

0.003

 Hypertension, n (%)

119 (44.9)

141 (54.0)

138 (51.9)

0.091

 Diabetes, n (%)

35 (13.2)

34 (13.0)

51 (19.2)

0.080

Individual lipid variables

 TG, mmol/L

1.53 ± 0.90

1.49 ± 1.09

1.66 ± 1.14

0.156

 TC, mmol/L

4.16 ± 0.94

4.22 ± 1.01

4.23 ± 1.20

0.728

 HDL-C, mmol/L

1.01 ± 0.29

1.02 ± 0.34

0.93 ± 0.29

0.001

 LDL-C, mmol/L

2.37 ± 0.75

2.44 ± 0.81

2.49 ± 0.94

0.263

 ApoAI, g/L

1.03 ± 0.19

1.02 ± 0.21

0.95 ± 0.21

<0.001

 ApoB100, g/L

0.76 ± 0.24

0.77 ± 0.25

0.80 ± 0.28

0.204

Lipoprotein ratios

 TG/HDL-C

1.83 ± 2.06

2.09 ± 4.41

2.16 ± 2.53

0.466

 TC/HDL-C

4.51 ± 1.92

4.73 ± 3.58

5.03 ± 3.18

0.079

 LDL-C/HDL-C

2.57 ± 1.11

2.70 ± 1.75

2.96 ± 2.01

0.024

 ApoB/apoAI

0.76 ± 0.27

0.78 ± 0.29

0.88 ± 0.43

<0.001

  1. The differences across the tertile of the Gensini scores were calculated by Chi-square test for categorical variables, and one-way ANOVA analysis for continuous variables
  2. BMI body mass index, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apoAI apolipoprotein AI, apoB100 apolipoprotein B100