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Table 3 Study population stratified by known diabetes and gender prior to first myocardial infarction

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

 

Men

Women

Diabetes

n = 130

No diabetes

n = 890

p value

Diabetes

n = 98

No diabetes

n = 504

p value

Age, year

68.4 (13.7)

65.0 (13.1)

0.006

72.9 (13.5)

72.2 (14.6)

0.64

Smoking,  %

36

43

0.12

35

32

0.49

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.3 (1.3)

5.1 (1.1)

<0.001

4.7 (1.4)

5.4 (1.3)

<0.001

LDL cholesterol, mmol/L

2.5 (1.1)

3.3 (1.0)

<0.001

2.6 (1.2)

3.3 (1.2)

<0.001

HDL cholesterol, mmol/L

1.2 (0.4)

1.2 (0.4)

0.17

1.3 (0.4)

1.5 (0.5)

<0.001

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.8 (1.2)

1.6 (1.3)

0.07

2.0 (1.7)

1.4 (0.8)

<0.001

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

139 (20.8)

138 (19.7)

0.39

138 (24.9)

138 (20.8)

0.73

Hypertension, %

78

59

<0.001

82

70

0.02

Statin, %

45

10

<0.001

49

12

<0.001

SCORE (mean)a, %

4.4 (3.2)

4.6 (3.5)

0.59

2.8 (2.2)

2.8 (2.1)

0.73

  1. Baseline characteristics are provided as mean (standard deviation) for continues 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