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Table 2 General and demographic variables in subjects with and without premature coronary artery disease

From: Healthy eating behaviors may be associated with lower risk of premature coronary artery disease: A multi-center case-control study

 

Quartiles of eating habits score

P value*

1 (low quality) (n = 776)

2 (n = 533)

3 (n = 570)

4 (high quality) (n = 809)

Sex (Male), n (%)

519 (66.9)

304 (57.0)

304 (53.3)

393 (48.6)

< 0.001

Age, (years)**

52.39 ± 7.72

54.04 ± 7.87

53.86 ± 7.54

54.40 ± 7.33

< 0.001

Married, n (%)

713 (91.9)

474 (88.9)

507 (88.9)

725 (89.4)

0.207

Ethnicity n (%):

    

< 0.001

Fars

464 (59.9)

280 (52.8)

317 (55.7)

429 (53.2)

 

Azari

66 (8.5)

44 (8.3)

39 (6.9)

40 (5.0)

 

Kurd

95 (12.3)

60 (11.3)

53 (9.3)

81 (10.0)

 

Lor

40 (5.2)

38 (7.2)

28 (4.9)

33 (4.1)

 

Bakhtiari

32 (4.1)

34 (6.4)

35 (6.2)

75 (9.3)

 

Qashqaei

26 (3.4)

21 (4.0)

29 (5.1)

34 (4.2)

 

Arab

18 (2.3)

14 (2.6)

19 (3.3)

26 (3.2)

 

Gilak

29 (3.7)

37 (7.0)

48 (8.4)

87 (10.8)

 

Smokers, n (%)

233 (30.0)

113 (21.2)

104 (18.2)

133 (16.4)

< 0.001

Alcohol drinking n (%)

45 (5.8)

36 (6.8)

11 (1.9)

25 (3.1)

< 0.001

Physical activity (MET-min/wk)**

1929.06 ± 4115.78

1999.23 ± 3798.77

1940.72 ± 3986.85

1838.20 ± 3797.25

0.900

Education n (%):

    

0.472

< 6 years

353 (45.5)

269 (50.5)

296 (51.9)

416 (51.4)

 

6–12 years

327 (42.1)

204 (38.3)

217 (38.1)

303 (37.5)

 

13–16 years

75 (9.7)

48 (9.0)

44 (7.7)

68 (8.4)

 

> 16 years

21 (2.7)

12 (2.3)

13 (2.3)

22 (2.7)

 

Aspirin use n (%)

210 (27.5)

146 (27.5)

147 (26.1)

224 (27.9)

0.905

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

760 (97.9)

526 (98.7)

568 (99.6)

805 (99.5)

0.005

Hypertension, n (%)

763 (98.3)

525 (98.5)

562 (98.6)

795 (98.3)

0.962

Diabetes, n (%)

684 (88.1)

451 (84.6)

474 (83.2)

698 (86.3)

0.056

Body mass index (kg/m2)**

28.30 ± 4.99

28.20 ± 5.80

28.36 ± 4.85

28.72 ± 5.34

0.243

Waist circumference (cm)**

Energy intake (Kcal)**

99.80 ± 12.73

2148.91 ± 841.27

99.27 ± 13.11

2099.18 ± 786.76

99.03 ± 12.38

2077.63 ± 808.16

99.85 ± 12.23

2070.66 ± 839.01

0.574

0.225

  1. *Derived from 1-factor ANOVA and chi-square test for continuous and categorical variables, respectively
  2. **Values are means ± SDs
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