The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 2 Comparison between cases and controls regarding CAD risk factors

From: Effect of high-intensity statin preloading on TIMI flow in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

		Control		Cases		Test value*	P value	Sig.
		No.	%	No.	%	Test value*	P value	Sig.
Smoker	No	29	34.1	22	25.9	1.373	0.241	NS
Smoker	Yes	56	65.9	63	74.1
DM	No	67	78.8	70	82.4	0.338	0.560	NS
DM	Yes	18	21.2	15	17.6
Hypertension	No	63	74.1	63	74.1	0.000	1.000	NS
Hypertension	Yes	22	25.9	22	25.9
IHD	No	73	85.9	75	88.2	0.209	0.648	NS
IHD	Yes	12	14.1	10	11.8

P > 0.05: non-significant; P < 0.05: significant; P < 0.01: highly significant
*Chi-square test

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