Research Article
A Pathological Study of the Epidemiology of Atherosclerosis in Mexico City
Table 4
Demographic data and vascular risk factors according to atherosclerosis severity.
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Atherosclerosis severity by grade | |
No. of arterial territories with atherosclerosis | |
Atherosclerosis with stenosis ≥25% | | | I–III
| IV-V
| 1–3
| 4-5
| No
| Yes
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| Gender (%) | | | | | | | | | | Male | 21 (53.8) | 83 (58.5) | 0.60 | 27 (50.9) | 77 (60.2) | 0.25 | 47 (54.7) | 57 (60.0) | 0.46 | Female | 18 (46.2) | 59 (41.5) | 26 (49.1) | 51 (39.8) | 39 (45.3) | 38 (40.0) | Age, median (IQR) | 19 (6–24) | 41 (28–65) | <0.001 | 20 (11–28) | 45 (29–66) | <0.001 | 23 (14–33) | 58 (34–70) | <0.001 | Vascular risk factors (%) | | | | | | | | | | Hypertension | 0 | 17 (19.8) | 0.006 | 2 (4.9) | 15 (19.5) | 0.03 | 2 (3.1) | 15 (26.3) | <0.001 | Diabetes mellitus | 0 | 12 (14.0) | 0.03 | 1 (2.4) | 11 (14.3) | 0.05 | 1 (1.6) | 11 (19.3) | 0.002 | Smoking | 6 (18.8) | 24 (27.9) | 0.31 | 9 (22.0) | 21 (27.3) | 0.52 | 16 (26.2) | 14 (24.6) | 0.83 | Alcohol use | 8 (25.0) | 24 (27.9) | 0.75 | 8 (19.5) | 24 (31.2) | 0.17 | 18 (29.5) | 14 (24.6) | 0.54 | BMI | | | | | | | | | | Overweight | 6 (28.6) | 31 (36.9) | 0.13 | 6 (20.7) | 31 (40.8) | 0.006 | 14 (28.6) | 23 (39.7) | 0.03 | Obesity | 3 (14.3) | 18 (21.4) | 0.03 | 1 (6.9) | 19 (25.0) | 0.005 | 5 (10.2) | 16 (27.6) | 0.004 | Abdominal obesity | | | | | | | | | | Men ≥ 102 cm; female ≥ 88 cm | 4 (12.1) | 38 (29.2) | 0.04 | 8 (17.8) | 34 (28.8) | 0.15 | 12 (16.2) | 30 (33.7) | 0.01 | Men ≥ 90 cm; female ≥ 80 cm | 9 (27.3) | 66 (50.8) | 0.01 | 17 (37.8) | 58 (49.2) | 0.19 | 23 (31.1) | 52 (58.4) | <0.001 | Number of risk factors | | | | | | | | | | None | 17 (53.1) | 17 (19.8) | 0.001 | 21 (51.2) | 13 (16.9) | <0.001 | 30 (46.2) | 8 (14.0) | <0.001 | 1-2 | 13 (40.6) | 44 (51.2) | 15 (36.6) | 42 (54.5) | 30 (46.2) | 27 (47.4) | 3–5 | 2 (6.3) | 25 (29.1) | 5 (12.2) | 22 (28.6) | 5 (7.7) | 22 (38.6) |
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