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Table 3 The p values for tests of the association with ethnicity, sex and age > 45 years

From: Risk factors for first-time acute myocardial infarction patients in Trinidad

	Ethnicity		Sex		Age > 45 years
Variable	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls
Non-modifiable risk factors
Family history of IHD	0.347	0.380	0.828	0.560	0.512	0.151
Modifiable risk factors
Chronic disease
Diabetes	0.110	0.003	0.001	0.061	0.010	0.001
Hypertension	0.196	0.163	≤ 0.001	0.005	≤ 0.001	≤ 0.001
Hypercholesterolaemia	0.110	0.002	0.061	0.005	0.940	0.023
IHD	0.776	0.338	0.042	0.622	0.276	0.569
Renal insufficiency	0.875	0.301	0.714	0.210	0.283	0.331
Lifestyle
Smoking	0.077	0.801	≤ 0.001	≤ 0.001	0.016	0.083
Alcohol consumption	0.603	0.105	≤ 0.001	≤ 0.001	0.033	0.025
Psychosocial stress
Stressful life	0.79	0.507	0.085	≤ 0.001	0.062	0.138

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