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Table 2 Study population stratified by known diabetes prior to first myocardial infarction

From: Statin use and cardiovascular risk factors in diabetic patients developing a first myocardial infarction

 

Diabetes

No diabetes

p value

n = 228

n = 1394

Gender (male), %

57

64

0.05

Age, year

70.3 (13.8)

67.6 (14.1)

0.006

Smoking, %

36

39

0.34

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.5 (1.4)

5.2 (1.2)

<0.001

LDL cholesterol, mmol/L

2.5 (1.1)

3.3 (1.1)

<0.001

HDL cholesterol, mmol/L

1.2 (0.4)

1.3 (0.4)

<0.001

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.9 (1.4)

1.5 (1.1)

<0.001

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

138 (23)

138 (20)

0.68

Hypertension, %

79

63

<0.001

Statin, %

47

11

<0.001

SCORE (mean)a,  %

3.8 (2.9)

4.0 (3.2)

0.4

  1. Baseline characteristics are provided as mean (standard deviation) for continuous values
  2. aSCORE was calculated by the low-risk equations published by Conroy et al. [14]. The on-treatment cholesterol concentration was used for calculation of SCORE in those treated with statins. SCORE was not created for use in patients with diabetes who are classified as high or very high risk, regardless of SCORE
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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