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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects

From: HTRA1 methylation in peripheral blood as a potential marker for the preclinical detection of stroke: a case–control study and a prospective nested case–control study

Characteristics

Group

Case–control study

Prospective nested case–control study

Controls

Stroke cases

t/χ2

P value

Controls

Stroke cases

t/χ2

P value

(n = 190)

(n = 190)

(n = 144)

(n = 139)

Age (mean ± SD, years)

 

65.89 ± 10.12

64.99 ± 9.85

0.884

0.377

67.77 ± 9.11

67.64 ± 9.51

0.117

0.907

Sex

Male

83 (43.7%)

79 (41.6%)

0.172

0.678

83 (57.6%)

81 (58.3%)

0.012

0.914

 

Female

107 (56.3%)

111 (58.4%)

  

61 (42.4%)

58 (41.7%)

  

SBP (mean ± SD, mmHg)

 

148.65 ± 19.76

152.44 ± 22.27

1.748

0.081

147.74 ± 20.19

147.73 ± 22.28

0.005

0.996

DBP (mean ± SD, mmHg)

 

80.46 ± 11.75

85.62 ± 14.42

3.814

1.60E−04

81.50 ± 9.75

81.16 ± 11.86

0.262

0.794

Smoking (n, %)

Yes

53 (28.0%)

47 (24.7%)

0.533

0.465

36 (25.0%)

35 (25.2%)

0.001

0.972

 

No

136 (72.0%)

143 (75.3%)

  

108 (75.0%)

104 (74.8%)

  

Drinking (n, %)

Yes

69 (36.5%)

30 (15.8%)

21.075

4.00E−06

47 (32.6%)

47 (33.8%)

0.044

0.834

 

No

120 (63.5%)

160 (84.2%)

  

97 (67.4%)

92 (66.2%)

  

History of hypertension (n, %)

Yes

155 (82.0%)

125 (65.8%)

12.919

0.003

87 (60.4%)

96 (69.1%)

2.315

0.128

 

No

34 (18.0%)

65 (34.2%)

  

57 (39.6%)

43 (30.9%)

  

History of diabetes (n, %)

Yes

71 (37.6%)

51 (26.8%)

4.992

0.025

34 (23.6%)

42 (30.2%)

1.571

0.210

 

No

118 (62.4%)

139 (73.2%)

  

110 (76.4%)

97 (69.8%)

  

TC (mean ± SD, mmol/L)

 

4.84 ± 0.82

4.97 ± 4.42

0.392

0.695

5.11 ± 0.91

5.20 ± 0.93

0.869

0.386

TG (mean ± SD, mmol/L)

 

1.64 ± 1.29

1.80 ± 1.45

1.113

0.267

1.56 ± 1.00

1.56 ± 0.88

0.014

0.989

HDL-C (mean ± SD, mmol/L)

 

1.49 ± 0.39

1.27 ± 0.38

5.453

9.13E−08

1.54 ± 0.46

1.55 ± 0.42

0.179

0.858

LDL-C (mean ± SD, mmol/L)

 

2.65 ± 0.69

2.76 ± 2.00

0.744

0.457

2.88 ± 0.80

2.96 ± 0.75

0.848

0.397

Fasting glucose (mean ± SD, mmol/L)

 

6.77 ± 2.01

6.62 ± 7.26

0.254

0.800

6.61 ± 2.26

6.64 ± 2.24

0.126

0.900

  1. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol