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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the HVOL subset

From: VEGF-A cis-located SNPs on human chromosome 6 associated with VEGF-A plasma levels and survival in a coronary disease cohort

Variables

n

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Anthropometric

  

Male gender

250

160 (64%)

Age

250

68.9 ± 8.25

Ethnicity (European, Māori & Pasifika, Indian)

250

98.4%, 1.6%, 0%

BMI (kg/m2)

250

26.4 ± 4.13

MI Family history

248

105 (42%)

Tobacco (smoker, ex-smoker, never smoked)

249

5%, 35.6%, 59.4%

Alcohol (drinker, ex-drinker, non-drinker)

250

78.8%, 4.4%, 16.8%

Previous disease history

  

Hypertension

249

76 (30.5%)

High Cholesterol

245

76 (31%)

Diabetes

250

13 (5.2%)

Medication

  

Antithrombotic

250

31 (12.4%)

Lipid lowering

250

45 (18%)

Antihypertensive

250

69 (27.6%)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, MI: myocardial infarction, SD: Standard Deviation