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Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects

From: Epigenome-wide association of myocardial infarction with DNA methylation sites at loci related to cardiovascular disease

Characteristic

Controls

Cases

p

(n = 192)

(n = 192)

Male, n (%)

192 (100%)

192 (100%)

1.000

Age (years)

65.8 ± 6.0

65.9 ± 6.4

0.915

BMI (kg/m2)

23.1 ± 2.5

23.9 ± 2.7

0.001*

Current smoker, n (%)

43 (22.4%)

83 (43.2%)

2.01 × 10−5*

Hypertension, n (%)

106 (55.2%)

113 (58.9%)

0.536

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

0 (0%)

77 (40.1%)

8.82 × 10−28*

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

75 (39.1%)

106 (55.2%)

0.002*

ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, n (%)

 

192 (100%)

 
  1. Continuous data are means ± SD. Differences in characteristics between case and control groups were evaluated by Student’s t test or Fisher’s exact test
  2. *Significance (p < 0.05)