Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (all males) including serum markers related to cardiovascular disease.

From: Early markers of cardiovascular disease are associated with occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

 

Chimney sweeps n = 151

Controls n = 152

P h

n

Median

Min

Max

n

Median

Min

Max

BMIa (kg/m2)

151

26.3

19.1

36.6

152

27.1

20.4

44.9

0.019

Age (years)

151

43

19

66

152

43

20

63

0.803

Systolic BPb (mm Hg)

151

130

105

179

—

—

—

—

—i

Diastolic BPb (mm Hg)

151

80

57

120

—

—

—

—

—i

CRPc (mg/L)

146

0.70

0.42

46

148

1.05

0.42

19

0.040

GGTd (µkat/L)

146

0.49

0.19

3.24

148

0.48

0.11

2.14

0.609

Homocysteine (µmol/L)

146

16

5.40

76

148

13

4.0

63

<0.001

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

146

5.47

3.20

8.72

148

4.97

1.96

9.70

0.005

HDLe (mmol/L)

146

1.32

0.70

3.04

148

1.15

0.44

2.60

<0.001

LDLf (mmol/L)

146

3.53

1.51

6.47

148

3.31

1.17

7.75

0.054

TGg (mmol/L)

146

1.60

0.53

8.40

148

1.70

0.41

7.40

0.670

  1. aBody mass index, bblood pressure, cC-reactive protein, dgamma-glutamyl transferase, ehigh-density lipoprotein, flow-density lipoprotein, gtriglycerides. h P-value for Mann-Whitney U test. iNo comparison has been performed because blood pressure was only available for chimney sweeps.
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