Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Association of polymorphisms in MALAT1 with risk of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in a Chinese population

Variables

Controls, n = 562

Patients with CAD, n = 508

P value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

60.22 (± 10.73)

61.29 (± 11.27)

0.11

Gender (%)

 Male

359 (63.90)

336 (66.10)

 

 Female

203 (36.10)

172 (33.90)

0.44

Hypertension (%)

 Yes

118 (21.00)

315 (62.00)

 

 No

444 (79.00)

193 (38.00)

<  0.001

Diabetes mellitus (%)

 Yes

84 (14.90)

107 (21.10)

 

 No

478 (85.10)

401 (78.90)

0.01

TCH (mmol/L, mean ± SD)

4.18 ± 0.59

4.90 ± 0.77

<  0.001

TG (mmol/L, mean ± SD)

1.38 ± 0.48

1.95 ± 1.06

<  0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L, mean ± SD)

1.55 ± 0.35

1.33 ± 0.37

<  0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L, mean ± SD)

2.50 ± 0.76

2.71 ± 0.70

<  0.001

  1. CAD coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, SD standard deviation, TCH total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol