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Table 5 Cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with normal ECG and in subjects with ukMI. Mean (SD) or proportions (%). Test for differences between groups with χ2 or t-test.

From: Silent myocardial infarction in women with impaired glucose tolerance: The Northern Sweden MONICA study

A. Men

Normal ECG

ukMI

p

ECG classification (n)

364 (94.8 %)

20 (5.2 %)

 

Age (years)

44,4 (11.1)

52.2 (11)

0.002

Previous disorders

   

   Hypertension

65 (17.9 %)

8 (40 %)

0.02

   Hypercholesterolemia

122 (33.5 %)

12 (60 %)

0.02

   Diabetes

9 (2.5 %)

3 (15 %)

0.002

Tobacco use

   

   Current smoker

75 (20.8 %)

1 (5 %)

0.17

   Current snuff user

71 (20.7 %)

3 (15.8 %)

0.61

Anthropometric variables

   

   Height (cm)

176.9 (6.8)

176.3 (6.1)

0.68

   Weight (kg)

78.9 (10.9)

81.5 (11.9)

0.30

   BMI (kg/ m2)

25.2 (3.2)

26.2 (3.3)

0.19

   Hip circumference (cm)

99 (5.7)

100.8 (5.1)

0.18

   Waist circumference (cm)

92.2 (9.1)

95.3 (7.8)

0.14

   Waist-hip ratio

0.93 (0.1)

0.95 (0.1)

0,19

Biochemical markers (mmol/l)

   

   Total cholesterol

6.1 (1.3)

6.6 (0.8)

0,08

   HDL

1.1 (0.3)

1.2 (0.2)

0,77

   Triglycerides (n = 231)

1.4 (1.1)

1.9 (1.3)

0,12

   Fasting plasma glucose

5.2 (1.6)

5.7 (2.5)

0.22

   2 hour postload plasma glucose

5.3 (2.2)

5.1 (1.5)

0,71

Glucose tolerance (n = 304)

   

   Impaired glucose tolerance

17 (5.9 %)

1 (7.1 %)

0,83

   Diabetes

7 (2.4 %)

0

 

B. Women

   
 

Normal ECG

ukMI

p

ECG classification (n)

349 (95.4 %)

17 (4.6 %)

 

Age (years)

44 (11)

53.8 (7.1)

<0.001

Previous disorders

   

   Hypertension

54 (15.5 %)

8 (47.1 %)

0.003

   Hypercholesterolemia

123 (35.2 %)

8 (47.1 %)

0.32

   Diabetes

3 (0.9 %)

0 (0 %)

 

Tobacco use

   

   Current smoker

92 (26.6 %)

3 (17.6 %)

0.41

   Current snuff user

4 (1.2 %)

0

 

Anthropometric variables

   

   Height (cm)

163.7 (6)

162.1 (5.0)

0.30

   Weight (kg)

65.6 (11.8)

75.4 (15.9)

0.001

   BMI (kg/m2)

24.4 (4.1)

28.7 (6.5)

<0.001

   Hip circumference (cm)

98.6 (8.3)

106.6 (12)

<0.001

   Waist circumference (cm)

82.6 (11.3)

92 (18.7)

0.001

   Waist-hip ratio

0.84 (0.1)

0.86 (0.1)

0.2

Biochemical markers (mmol/l)

   

   Total cholesterol

6.1 (1.3)

6.6 (1.4)

0.17

   HDL

1.4 (0.4)

1.2 (0.3)

0.16

   Triglycerides (n = 240)

1 (0.6)

1.4 (1)

0.04

   Fasting plasma glucose

4.8 (0.7)

5 (0.4)

0.26

   2 hour postload plasma glucose

5.7 (1.9)

6.9 (2.2)

0.02

Glucose tolerance (n = 293)

   

   Impaired glucose tolerance

28 (10.1 %)

5 (38.5 %)

0.006

   Diabetes

7 (2 %)

0

 
  1. ECG = electrocardiogram. HDL = high-density lipoprotein. ukMI = unknown myocardial infarction. BMI = body mass index