Conventional risk factors among newly diagnosed coronary heart disease patients in Delhi

Table 1 Results of hematological investigations of the cases

Investigation	n	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	SD
Lipid profile (mg/dL)
Total cholesterol	276	159.3	152.0	65	424	48.47
Triglycerides	268	135.4	115.5	39	556	80.0
HDL	267	36.5	36.0	13	57	7.73
LDL	257	94.8	90.0	19	312	41.66
Glycosylated hemoglobin
HbA1c (%)	68	10.1	10.2	4.5	13.2	1.73
Blood sugar (mg/dL)
Fasting	212	112.6	98.0	63	322	43.46
Post-prandial	208	163.4	141.0	68	547	69.75

n: No. of cases for which a value was available; LDL: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL: High density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Table 2 Presence of conventional risk factors among the newly diagnosed coronary heart disease patients in our study (n = 276)

Risk factor	No. for which value was available	Proportion having the risk factor
Inadequate physical activity	276	266 (96.4)
Reduced HDL cholesterol	267	188 (70.4)
Raised waist circumference	276	157 (56.9)
Current smoker	276	154 (55.8)
Raised LDL cholesterol	257	101 (39.3)
Hypertension	276	92 (33.3)
Obesity1	276	91 (33.0)
Raised triglyceride	268	80 (29.9)
Diabetes	276	50 (18.1)
Raised total cholesterol	276	44 (15.9)
Stress	276	38 (13.8)

¹Classified by the new guidelines for obesity among Indians. LDL: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL: High density lipoprotein cholesterol