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Characteristics of patients with a first myocardial infarction and control women |
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| Characteristic |
Patients (N = 152) |
Control women (N = 568) |
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| Age – yr (SD) |
42.1 (0.5) |
38.6 (0.3) |
| Caucasian ethnicity (%) |
142 (93) |
538 (95) |
| Educational level |
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| - Primary school or less (%) |
83 (55) |
160 (28) |
| - Secondary school (%) |
52 (34) |
257 (45) |
| - Higher education or university (%) |
17 (11) |
149 (26) |
| Current smokers (%) |
128 (84) |
218 (39) |
| History of hypertension (%) |
35 (23) |
35 (6) |
| History of hypercholesterolemia (%) |
16 (11) |
14 (3) |
| History of diabetes (%) |
8 (5) |
7 (1) |
| Family history of cardiovascular disease (%) |
98 (66) |
194 (36) |
| Birth weight-gram |
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| - Mean (SD) |
3214 (676) |
3370 (659) |
| - Median (range) |
3150 (1500–5010) |
3500 (1500–5800) |
| Body Mass Index – kg/m2 – Mean (SD) |
25.1 (0.4) |
23.4 (0.2) |
| Waist circumference – cm (SD) |
89.5 (13.1) |
83.0 (10.2) |
| Waist/hip ratio (SD) |
0.85 (0.006) |
0.81 (0.008) |
| Premenopausal (%) |
132 (87) |
480 (85) |
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