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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with a first myocardial infarction and control women

From: Dutch women with a low birth weight have an increased risk of myocardial infarction later in life: a case control study

Characteristic

Patients (N = 152)

Control women (N = 568)

Age – yr (SD)

42.1 (0.5)

38.6 (0.3)

Caucasian ethnicity (%)

142 (93)

538 (95)

Educational level

  

- Primary school or less (%)

83 (55)

160 (28)

- Secondary school (%)

52 (34)

257 (45)

- Higher education or university (%)

17 (11)

149 (26)

Current smokers (%)

128 (84)

218 (39)

History of hypertension (%)

35 (23)

35 (6)

History of hypercholesterolemia (%)

16 (11)

14 (3)

History of diabetes (%)

8 (5)

7 (1)

Family history of cardiovascular disease (%)

98 (66)

194 (36)

Birth weight-gram

  

- Mean (SD)

3214 (676)

3370 (659)

- Median (range)

3150 (1500–5010)

3500 (1500–5800)

Body Mass Index – kg/m2 – Mean (SD)

25.1 (0.4)

23.4 (0.2)

Waist circumference – cm (SD)

89.5 (13.1)

83.0 (10.2)

Waist/hip ratio (SD)

0.85 (0.006)

0.81 (0.008)

Premenopausal (%)

132 (87)

480 (85)