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Table 2 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of first-degree relatives (FDR) of patients with premature acute myocardial infarction and individuals with no family history of coronary artery disease (controls)

From: Metabolic syndrome, diabetes and inadequate lifestyle in first-degree relatives of acute myocardial infarction survivors younger than 45 years old

Parameters

FDR

Controls

p-valuea

FDR vs control

 

(n = 166)

(n = 111)

 

Female

(n = 105)

Male

(n = 61)

Female

(n = 63)

Male

(n = 48)

 

Overweight n (%)

78 (78)

46 (80.7)

43 (56.5)

25 (71.4)

0.051

Abdominal obesity n (%)

92 (93.8)

40 (71.4)

66 (86.8)

28 (80)

0.976

Smoking n (%)

29 (29.6)

20 (32.7)

1 (1.3)

5 (14.2)

<0.001

Sedentarism

105 (63.2)

61 (36.7)

63 (56.8)

48 (43.2)

1.000b

Hypertension n (%)

27 (25.7)

15 (24.5)

14.4 (11)

40 (12)

0.878

Diabetes n (%)

15 (53.7)

13 (46.4)

1.3(1)

3 (1)

<0.001

Prediabetes n (%)

61.6 (40.4)

23 (38.3)

16 (21.0)

10 (28.5)

0.024

Dyslipidemia n (%)

88 (62.8)

52 (37.1)

38 (50)

29 (82.8)

<0.001

LDL-C > 160 mg/dL n (%)

17 (16.5)

6 (10.9)

5 (6.5)

3 (8.5)

0.045

Low HDL-C n (%)

87 (82.8)

42 (68.8)

35 (46)

26 (74.2)

<0.001

TG >150 mg/dL n (%)

42 (40)

40 (65.5)

16 (21)

17 (48.5)

0.003

Metabolic syndrome n (%)

42 (40)

29 (47.5)

15 (19.7)

14 (40)

<0.001

  1. aChi-square test (FDR versus controls considering the whole population (independent of sex)bFisher exact test