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Table 1 Demographic characteristics in patients with or without cardiovascular events (CVEs)

From: Free fatty acids and cardiovascular outcome: a Chinese cohort study on stable coronary artery disease

Variables

Total

(n = 1506)

Patients with CVEs

(n = 146)

Patients without CVEs

(n = 1360)

P value

Baseline characteristics

 Age (years)

58.76 ± 10.09

58.65 ± 10.04

59.90 ± 10.16

0.23

 Male (n,%)

1099(73%)

100(68.5%)

999(73.5%)

0.20

 Family history of CAD (n,%)

204(13.5)

22(15.1)

182(13.4)

0.57

 Hypertension (n,%)

971(64.5%)

108(74%)

863(63.5%)

0.01

 Dyslipidemia (n,%)

1165(77.4%)

114(78.1%)

1051(77.3%)

0.83

 Diabetes (n,%)

431(28.6%)

55(37.3%)

376(27.6%)

0.01

 Current smoking (n,%)

786(52.2%)

66(45.2%)

720(52.9%)

0.08

 BMI (kg/m2)

25.57 ± 3.16

25.58 ± 3.18

25.51 ± 2.96

0.80

 Lipid-lowering treatment (n,%)

630(41.8%)

54(37.0%)

576(42.4%)

0.21

 Aspirin treatment (n,%)

1480(98.3%)

143(97.9%)

1337(98.3%)

0.75

Laboratory parameters

 TG (mmol/L)

1.73 ± 1.00

1.78 ± 1.17

1.73 ± 0.98

0.54

 TC (mmol/L)

4.14 ± 1.13

4.25 ± 1.13

4.13 ± 1.13

0.22

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.45 ± 0.89

2.53 ± 0.95

2.44 ± 0.88

0.27

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.08 ± 0.26

1.08 ± 0.28

1.08 ± 0.26

0.88

 FFAs (mmol/L)

0.43 ± 0.19

0.47 ± 0.22

0.42 ± 0.19

0.002

 HbA1c (%)

6.41 ± 1.14

6.64 ± 1.33

6.39 ± 1.12

0.03

 FPG (mmol/L)

5.62 ± 1.60

5.92 ± 1.85

5.59 ± 1.57

0.04

 LVEF(%)

62.53 ± 8.61

61.81 ± 9.03

62.72 ± 8.54

0.07

 NT-pro-BNP (fmol/ml)

728.27 ± 532.25

763.55 ± 589.38

713.71 ± 494.94

0.09

 Creatine (umol/L)

74.77 ± 15.20

76.35 ± 15.98

74.50 ± 15.09

0.12

 hs-CRP (mg/L)

2.88(0.01–17.69)

3.04(0.01–13.73)

2.87(0.01–17.69)

0.12

 cTnI (ng/ml)

0.07(0.001–7.37)

0.08(0.001–2.91)

0.07(0.001–7.37)

0.28

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD, median with range, or n (%). SD: Standard deviation
  2. CAD coronary artery disease, BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, FPG fasting plasma glucose, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, NT-pro-BNP N-terminal–pro-brain natriuretic peptide, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, cTnI cardiac troponin I