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Table 1 EPICOR and EPIC-NL sample descriptive

From: Gene-specific DNA methylation profiles and LINE-1 hypomethylation are associated with myocardial infarction risk

 

EPICOR men

  

EPICOR women

  

EPIC-NL men

EPIC-NL women

  
 

Cases

Controls

  

Cases

Controls

  

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

  
 

(N = 188)

(N = 188)

  

(N = 104)

(N = 104)

  

(N = 116)

(N = 83)

(N = 201)

(N = 179)

  
 

n (%)

n (%)

  

n (%)

n (%)

  

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

  

Center

              

 Varese

42 (22.34)

42 (22.34)

  

67 (65.69)

67 (65.69)

        

 Ragusa

19 (10.11)

19 (10.11)

  

3 (2.94)

3 (2.94)

        

 Turin

127 (67.55)

127 (67.55)

  

23 (22.55)

23 (22.55)

        

 Naples

  

11 (10.78)

11 (10.78)

        

 Utrecht

        

149 (74.13)

140 (78.21)

  

 Bilthoven

        

116 (100)

83 (100)

52 (25.87)

39 (21.79)

  

Smoking status

              

 Never

33 (17.55)

50 (26.60)

 

53 (50.96)

73 (70.19)

 

19 (16.38)

18 (21.69)

60 (29.85)

85 (47.49)

 

 Former

70 (37.23)

87 (46.28)

*

11 (10.58)

13 (12.50)

*

34 (29.31)

32 (38.55)

48 (23.88)

48 (26.81)

*

 Current

85 (45.21)

51 (27.13)

 

40 (38.46)

18 (17.31)

 

62 (53.45)

33 (39.76)

89 (44.28)

45 (25.14)

 

 NA

        

1 (0.86)

 

4 (1.99)

1 (0.56)

  

Menopausal Status

              

 Premenopause

    

27 (25.96)

26 (25.00)

    

43 (21.39)

42 (23.46)

  

 Post-menopause

    

77 (74.04)

78 (75.00)

    

158 (78.61)

137 (76.54)

  
 

Mean ± sd

Mean ± sd

  

Mean ± sd

Mean ± sd

  

Mean ± sd

Mean ± sd

Mean ± sd

Mean ± sd

  

Age at recruitment (years)

50.98 ± 6.93

50.92 ± 7.01

  

55.02 ± 7.40

55.01 ± 7.51

  

51.51 ± 7.68

51.11 ± 8.30

58.56 ± 8.74

59.30 ± 8.12

  

Avg. follow-up (years)

12.98 ± 2.29

13.26 ± 2.06

  

12.24 ± 1.97

12.66 ± 1.16

  

13.07 ± 5.21

15.25 ± 2.31**

11.61 ± 4.92

14.27 ± 2.62**

  

Avg. TTD (years)

7.14 ± 3.88

  

6.54 ± 3.57

  

5.44 ± 3.22

5.76 ± 3.06

  

BMI (kg/m2)

27.05 ± 2.96

26.35 ± 3.12**

  

26.95 ± 4.69

25.93 ± 5.11

  

27.12 ± 3.30

27.08 ± 3.15

26.47 ± 4.24

26.05 ± 4.17

  

WHR

0.94 ± 0.06

0.93 ± 0.06**

  

0.83 ± 0.06

0.79 ± 0.06**

  

0.95 ± 0.08

0.94 ± 0.08

0.82 ± 0.07

0.80 ± 0.07**

  

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

6.10 ± 1.12

5.86 ± 1.22

  

6.42 ± 1.23

6.36 ± 1.16

  

6.24 ± 0.95

5.79 ± 0.97**

5.51 ± 0.98

5.27 ± 0.98**

  

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.94 ± 1.00

3.60 ± 1.01**

  

4.07 ± 1.15

3.97 ± 1.01

  

3.60 ± 0.94

3.34 ± 0.92

3.44 ± 0.82

3.19 ± 0.77**

  

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.30 ± 0.29

1.48 ± 0.37**

  

1.55 ± 0.39

1.76 ± 0.41**

  

1.11 ± 0.28

1.12 ± 0.28

1.16 ± 0.33

1.27 ± 0.36**

  

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.89 ± 0.99

1.71 ± 1.04

  

1.74 ± 1.43

1.38 ± 0.57**

  

2.28 ± 1.27

2.28 ± 1.46

1.77 ± 0.98

1.54 ± 0.91**

  

SBP (mmHg)

137.47 ± 16.56

135.04 ± 19.03

  

144.36 ± 9.77

136.76 ± 10.08**

  

134.43 ± 17.61

128.51 ± 14.93**

138.50 ± 22.23

133.59 ± 20.76**

  

DBP (mmHg)

85.38 ± 8.96

84.97 ± 10.80

  

86.08 ± 22.13

84.97 ± 19.02

  

84.96 ± 10.71

80.60 ± 10.19**

81.99 ± 11.20

79.22 ± 11.18**

  

Alcohol (gr/day)

23.46 ± 20.26

24.98 ± 20.90

  

6.29 ± 10.78

8.76 ± 15.43

  

19.42 ± 21.89

18.41 ± 22.27

7.55 ± 11.24

8.44 ± 12.21

  
  1. LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TTD time to disease, WHR waist-to-hip ratio
  2. *Chi-square test P < 0.05; **t test P < 0.05