Table 1

Characteristics of the study subjects by SCAP and SREBF-2 genotype



SCAP



SREBF-2



AA
GA
GG
P value
GG
GC
CC
P value

Number of subjects
85
132
30

140
97
10

Age (years)
51.9 ± 9.5
51.6 ± 9.4
55.6 ± 10.3
0.114
51.9 ± 9.3
52.9 ± 9.9
49.1 ± 11.0
0.445
BMI (kg/m2)
25.4 ± 5.1
25.4 ± 4.9
24.3 ± 4.1
0.497
25.2 ± 4.9
25.3 ± 4.7
25.1 ± 6.3
0.979
Alcohol consumption (g/day)
101.5 ± 116.4
106.5 ± 106.6
74.0 ± 68.2
0.549
110. 8 ± 110.9
91.9 ± 100.4
42.7 ± 84.2
0.340
Smoking
35 (72.9)
64 (80.0)
13 (92.9)
0.256
62 (82.7)
45 (72.6)
5 (100.0)
0.177
Hypertension
6 (13.6)
31 (46.3)
5 (38.5)
0.002
23 (32.9)
18 (36.0)
1 (25.0)
0.872
Diabetes
6 (13.6)
11 (16.4)
2 (15.4)
0.924
13 (18.6)
6 (12.0)
0 (0.0)
0.423
AMI
7 (8.2)
17 (12.9)
4 (13.3)
0.537
13 (9.3)
14 (14.4)
1 (10.0)
0.466
Thrombus
4 (4.7)
14 (10.6)
2 (6.7)
0.285
10 (7.1)
9 (9.3)
1 (10.0)
0.818
SCD
29 (34.1)
51 (38.6)
15 (50.0)
0.306
54 (38.6)
38 (39.2)
3 (30.0)
0.850

Values are mean ± SD or n (%). Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; BMI, body mass index; MI, myocardial infarction; SCD, sudden cardiac death; Analysis by ANOVA or χ2 test

Fan et al. Thrombosis Journal 2008 6:17   doi:10.1186/1477-9560-6-17