Research Article

The Impact of tagSNPs in CXCL16 Gene on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction in a Chinese Han Population

Table 1

The characteristics of MI cases and controls.

VariableControls ()Cases ()P

Age (years)0.483
Sex (male)387 (57.8%)213 (77.5%)<0.001
Smoking174 (26.0%)163 (59.3%)<0.001
Drinking95 (14.2%)73 (26.5%)<0.001
Hypertension239 (35.7%)171 (62.2%)<0.001
Diabetes107 (16.0%)129 (46.9%)<0.001
Hyperlipidemia253 (37.8%)195 (70.9%)<0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg)<0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)<0.001
FPG (mM)<0.001
Triglycerides (mM)<0.001
Total cholesterol (mM)0.175
LDL cholesterol (mM)<0.001
HDL cholesterol (mM)<0.001

Two-sided chi-square test or independent-samples t-test.
P values under 0.05 were indicated in bold font.