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Table 1 Demographic data and CAD risk factors distribution among anigiographed controls (CON) and CAD patients

From: T null and M nullgenotypes of the glutathione S-transferase gene are risk factor for CAD independent of smoking

  

CAD

CON

Demographic data

No of patients

 

1054

762

Sex

M

642

464

 

F

412

298

Mean age ± SD

M

52 ± 7.5 y

53 ± 6.1 y

 

F

57 ± 7 y

55 ± 3.2 y

CAD risk factors

Family history (FH) of CAD

 

290 (27.5%)

162 (21.2%)

Obesity

 

723 (68.6%)

345 (45.3%)

Hypertriglyceridemia

 

616 (58.4%)

283 (37.1%)

Hypercholesterolemia

 

685 (65%)

307 (40.3%)

Diabetes Mellitus (DM)

 

592 (56.2%)

301 (39.5%)

Smokers

 

424 (40.2%)

114 (15%)

Hypertension

 

965 (91.5%)

497 (65.2%)

Myocardial infarction (MI)

 

103 (9.7%)

55 (7.2%)

  1. DM, Diabetes Mellitus; FH, family history of CAD; MI, Myocardial infarction on admission; Hypertriglyceridemia (> 1.8 mmol/L); Hypercholesterolemia (> 5.2 mmol/L) and Obesity (Body Mass Index ≥ 30).