Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
From: Dynamic patterns of blood lipids and DNA methylation in response to statin therapy
Variables | N or Mean (median) value |
|---|---|
N of individuals | 535 (59 singletons, 83 MZ twin pairs, 155 DZ twin pairs) |
Age (years), mean (SD) | 68.2 (9.5) |
Female (%) | 313 (58.5) |
Smoker (%) | 94 (17.6) |
TC (mmol/L), median (IQR) | 6.1 (5.4–6.9) |
LDL (mmol/L), median (IQR) | 4.1 (3.6–4.8) |
HDL (mmol/L), median (IQR) | 1.4 (1.2–1.7) |
TG (mmol/L), median (IQR) | 1.3 (0.9–1.9) |
Statin user (%) | 95 (18.0) |
Starting wave of statin use (%) | |
IPT3 | 1 (1.1) |
IPT5 | 13 (13.7) |
IPT6 | 20 (21.1) |
IPT8 | 43 (45.3) |
IPT9 | 10 (10.5) |
IPT10 | 5 (5.3) |
Missing | 3 (3.2) |