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Translational Research Pesticides and ischemic heart disease

Table 2. Selected characteristics related to ischemic heart diseases by gender among participants in the Rafsanjan cohort study
Characteristics Male Female
IHD (n=446) No IHD (n=4177) P‑value IHD (n=424) No IHD (n=4886) P‑value
Age, years – n (%) <0.001 <0.001
35 – 45 32 (7.17) 1689 (40.44) 27 (6.37) 1949 (39.89)
46 – 55 112 (25.11) 1256 (30.07) 115 (27.12) 1577 (32.28)
≥56 302 (67.71) 1232 (29.49) 282 (66.51) 1360 (27.83)
Mean±SD 58.13±7.76 49.30±9.56 <0.001 57.77±7.35 49.06±9.22 <0.001
Education-n (%) <0.001 <0.001
≤5 years of school 156 (34.98) 987 (23.64) 282 (66.51) 2059 (42.17)
6–12 years of school 215 (48.21) 2302 (55.12) 123 (29.01) 2180 (44.64)
≥13 years of school 75 (16.82) 887 (21.24) 19 (4.48) 644 (13.19)
Mean±SD 8.20±5.11 9.65±4.87 <0.001 4.75±4.46 7.91±4.98
Physical activity - n (%) <0.001
Low 193 (43.27) 1274 (30.49) 139 (32.78) 935 (19.14)
Moderate 152 (34.08) 1496 (35.81) 238 (56.13) 3022 (61.85)
Heavy 101 (22.65) 1408 (33.70) 47 (11.08) 929 (19.01)
Mean±SD 37.71±6.49 40.26±8.52 <0.001 36.62±3.51 37.82±3.30 <0.001
BMI - n (%) 0.804 0.001
<25 178 (39.91) 17.5 (40.82) 51 (12.03) 934 (19.14)
25 – 29.9 188 (42.15) 1773 (42.45) 171 (40.33) 1938 (39.70)
≥30 80 (17.94) 699 (16.73) 202 (47.64) 2009 (41.16)
Mean±SD 26.26±4.18 26.10±4.36 0.475 30.08±4.83 29.23±4.90 <0.001
WSI - n (%) 0.406 <0.001
Low 86 (19.28) 809 (19.38) 149 (35.14) 1291 (26.45)
Low-middle 138 (30.94) 1175 (28.14) 149 (35.14) 1388 (28.44)
Middle-high 184 (41.26) 1746 (41.82) 117 (27.59) 1928 (39.51)
High 38 (8.52) 445 (10.66) 9 (2.12) 273 (5.59)
Mean±SD 0.03±0.94 0.16±0.97 0.010 −0.39±0.97 −0.11±1.01 <0.001
Hypertension - n (%) <0.001 <0.001
Yes 179 (40.13) 534 (12.78) 261 (61.56) 1261 (25.81)
No 267 (59.87) 3644 (87.22) 163 (38.44) 3625 (74.19)
Dyslipidemia - n (%) <0.001 <0.001
Yes 389 (87.81) 2864 (68.91) 375 (89.07) 3620 (74.44)
No 54 (12.19) 1292 (31.09) 46 (10.93) 1243 (25.56)
Cigarette smoking - n (%) <0.001 0.019
Current 178 (40) 2021 (48.55) 405 (95.52) 4767 (97.64)
Former 140 (31.46) 1459 (35.05) 10 (2.36) 70 (1.43)
Never 127 (28.54) 683 (16.41) 9 (2.12) 45 (0.92)
Opium consumption - n (%) <0.001 <0.001
Yes 272 (61.12) 1862 (44.73) 33 (7.78) 178 (3.65)
No 173 (38.88) 2301 (55.27) 391 (92.22) 4704 (96.35)
Alcohol consumption - n (%) 0.393 0.376
Yes 88 (19.78) 896 (21.52) 0 (0) 9 (0.18)
No 357 (80.22) 3267 (78.48) 424 (100) 4873 (99.82)
Abbreviations: IHD: Ischemic heart diseases, WSI: Wealth score index, BMI: Body mass index, SD: Standard deviation.

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