Table 2 Associations between ACE I/D polymorphisms and clinical characteristics in STEMI patients.

From: Associations of ACE I/D polymorphism with the levels of ACE, kallikrein, angiotensin II and interleukin-6 in STEMI patients

ACE genotypes

II (n = 65)

ID (n = 89)

DD (n = 45)

Parameters

n

 

n

Univariate

p*

n

Univariate

p*

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Age (year) <60

33

1 (ref.)

45

  

17

  

≥60

32

 

44

0.983 (0.949–1.013)

0.232

28

1.272 (0.574–2.819)

0.553

BMI (kg/m2) <27

29

1 (ref.)

32

  

21

  

≥27

36

 

57

1.435 (0.747–2.757)

0.279

24

0.921 (0.429–1.974)

0.832

Gender-Female

40

1 (ref.)

69

  

33

  

Male

25

 

20

0.464 (0.229–0.939)

0.033

12

0.582 (0.254–1.332)

0.200

SBP (mmHg) <140

57

1 (ref.)

77

  

41

  

≥140

8

 

12

1.110 (0.426–2.894)

0.830

4

0.695 (0.196–2.464)

0.573

DBP (mmHg) <90

33

1 (ref.)

50

  

29

  

≥90

32

 

39

8.874 (0.263–15.787)

0.129

16

6.244 (0.674–57.842)

0.107

Hypertension-No

33

1 (ref.)

40

  

25

  

Yes

32

 

49

1.263 (0.665–2.398)

0.475

20

0.569 (0.261–1.242)

0.157

Diabetes-No

52

1 (ref.)

69

  

41

  

Yes

13

 

20

1.159 (0.529–2.543)

0.712

4

0.390 (0.118–1.287)

0.122

Smoking-No

40

1 (ref.)

69

     

Yes

25

 

20

2.715 (1.404–5.250)

0.003

 

2.635 (1.205–5.765)

0.015

WBC (109/l)

10.1 ± 3.3

1 (ref.)

10.3 ± 2.8

0.944 (0.850–1.049)

0.284

10.1 ± 3.1

0.899 (0.790–1.022)

0.103

HDL-c (mmol/l)

1.1 ± 0.3

1 (ref.)

1.1 ± 0.2

0.379 (0.095–1.516)

0.170

1.2 ± 0.2

1.558 (0.343–7.073)

0.566

FIB (mmol/l)

3.1 ± 0.54

1 (ref.)

3.2 ± 0.7

1.159 (0.736–1.825)

0.524

3.4 ± 1.0

1.477 (0.874–2.496)

0.145

  1. BMI: body mass index, SBP: Systolic blood pressure DBP: Diastolic blood pressure, WBC: white blood count, HDL-c: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, FIB: plasma fibrinogen.
  2. On the basis of logistic regression, statistical significance (p < 0.05) is shown in bold.