Variables

Lp-a < 300 mg/L

(n = 256)

Lp-a ≥ 300 mg/L

(n = 168)

P-value

Demographic

Age (years)

67.54 ± 10.36

65.74 ± 11.22

0.519

Sex (%)

0.188

Male (%)

164 (64.1%)

118 (70.2%)

Female (%)

92 (35.9%)

50 (29.8%)

Blood Pressure

SBP (mmHg)

131.52 ± 19.96

130.92 ± 19.45

0.990

DBP (mmHg)

85.29 ± 15.00

84.70 ± 14.17

0.614

Smoking (%)

79 (30.9%)

47 (28.5%)

0.603

Alcohol (%)

74 (28.9%)

45 (27.1%)

0.688

Coronary

HTN (%)

185 (72.3%)

120 (71.4%)

0.851

risk factors

DM (%)

92 (35.9%)

57 (33.9%)

0.672

Stroke (%) [previous]

64 (25%)

43 (25.6%)

0.890

Lipid profile

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.06 ± 0.28

1.08 ± 0.25

0.748

LDL-C (mmol/L)

1.84 ± 0.72

2.21 ± 0.88

0.058*

Lp (a)

140.31 ± 78.17

617.71 ± 352.86

0.000*

Cholestrol (mmol/L)

3.52 ± 0.96

3.71 ± 1.09

0.104

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.55 ± 1.27

1.49 ± 1.08

0.201

Apo-A1 (g/L)

1.15 ± 0.26

1.00 ± 0.28

0.395

Apo-B (g/L)

0.59 ± 0.22

0.67 ± 0.23

0.829

Laboratory

Glucose (mmol/L)

6.52 ± 2.03

6.24 ± 2.03

0.681