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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of myocardial infarction (MI) among patients and controls

From: Association of the eNOS E298D polymorphism and the risk of myocardial infarction in the Greek population

Variables

MI Patients

(n = 204)

Controls

(n = 218)

P-value†

Age (years)

  

0.580

   < 60

104 (51.0)

117 (53.7)

 

   60+

100 (49.0)

101 (46.3)

 

Gender

  

0.658

   Male

178 (87.2)

187 (85.8)

 

   Female

26 (12.8)

31 (14.2)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

26.88 ± 3.47

26.19 ± 2.92

0.028

Smoking

  

< 0.0001

   No

37 (18.1)

99 (45.4)

 

   Yes

167 (81.9)

119 (54.6)

 

Family history of CAD

  

< 0.0001

   No

119 (58.3)

195 (89.5)

 

   Yes

85 (41.7)

23 (10.5)

 

Hypertension

  

< 0.0001

   No

59 (28.9)

167 (76.6)

 

   Yes

145 (71.1)

51 (23.4)

 

Diabetes mellitus

  

< 0.0001

   No

131 (64.2)

208 (95.4)

 

   Yes

73 (35.8)

10 (4.6)

 

Hypercholesterolemia

  

< 0.0001

   No

28 (13.7)

198 (90.8)

 

   Yes

176 (86.3)

20 (9.2)

 
  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or N (%)
  2. †P-values derived from t-test for continuous variables; chi-square test was used for categorical variables