Table 5 Characteristics of Incident Coronary Heart Disease cases and non-cases in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort, stratitifed by race
From: Failure to replicate an association of SNPs in the oxidized LDL receptor gene (OLR1) with CAD
| Â | Whites | African Americans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Cases | Non-Cases | Â | Cases | Non-Cases | Â |
| Â | (n = 1,168) | (n = 8,802) | Â | (n = 319) | (n = 3,119) | Â |
| Â | Mean (SEM) | Mean (SEM) | P** | Mean (SEM) | Mean (SEM) | P** |
Age (years)†| 55.7 (0.2) | 53.9 (0.06) | <0.0001 | 55 (0.3) | 53.1 (0.1) | <0.0001 |
Age at event (years) | 63.9 (0.2) | -- | Â | 63.0 (0.4) | -- | Â |
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)†| 27.8 (0.1) | 26.8 (0.05) | <0.0001 | 30 (0.3) | 29.5 (0.1) | 0.1 |
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)†| 42.8 (0.4) | 52.2 (0.2) | <0.0001 | 48.6 (0.8) | 56.0 (0.3) | <0.0001 |
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)†| 5.82 (0.03) | 5.5 (0.01) | <0.0001 | 5.84 (0.07) | 5.51 (0.02) | <0.0001 |
| Â | % | % | P** | % | % | P** |
Males | 69.4 | 42.2 | <0.001 | 49.5 | 35.9 | <0.001 |
Diabetes†| 20.2 | 6.6 | <0.001 | 34.2 | 16.4 | <0.001 |
Hypertension†| 38.6 | 23.7 | <0.001 | 72.7 | 52.1 | <0.001 |
Smoking†| 31.4 | 23.6 | <0.001 | 42 | 27.9 | <0.001 |