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Table 1 Basic characteristics and anthropometric parameters of CAD patients and Controls (n=210)

From: Dietary habits of patients with coronary artery disease in a tertiary-care hospital of Bangladesh: a case-controlled study

Variables

CAD patients

Controls

p value

Age (year) M±SD

55.21 ±.8.94

56.20±8.88

 

Male (%)

53

54

0.487

Female (%)

52

51

0.468

BMI (kg/m2)

25.12±2.18

24.22±2.19

0.004

WC (cm, male)

92.06±7.4

88.10±6.3

0.005

WC (cm, female)

86.86±8.32

85.79±9.3

0.558

WHR (male)

0.96±0.053

0.94±0.035

0.020

WHR (female)

0.96±0.082

0.94±0.059

0.125

  1. Results were expressed as number and mean ±SD with t test performed for the analysis; p<0.05 is considered; BMI body mass index, WHR waist hip ratio, WC waist circumference
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

ISSN: 2072-1315

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