Autopsycases (n =215)

Atherosclerosis (n = 160)

Controls (n = 55)

P-value*

Range

Median

Range

Median

Male/Female (n)

135/25

42/13

NS

Age (years)

25-88

48

25-50

31

0.001

PMI (hours)

5.5-118.5

34

8-99

39

NS

BAC (mg/g)

0-6.3

0.7

0-4.9

0

NS

Atherosclerosis (n = 160)

Controls (n = 55)

Pvalue*

Lipid

Clinicalreference

Range

Median

Range

Median

Totalcholesterol (mmol/L), age< 50 years

3.3-6.9

2.4-11.7

6.7

2.3-12.1

5.1

0.001

Totalcholesterol (mmol/L), age ≥ 50 years

3.9-7.8

2.0-11.5

6.3

5.5

5.5

NS

HDL (mmol/L), men

0.8-2.1

0.4-5.2

1.3

0.4-4.1

1.3

NS

HDL (mmol/L), women

1.0-2.7

0.5-3.1

1.4

0.9-2.4

1.4

NS

Non-HDL (mmol/L), men

< 3.8

0.61-15

3.5

0.5-11.0

2.5

0.01

Non-HDL (mmol/L), women

< 3.8

1.42-11.37

3.1

1.1-6.5

3.1

NS

Apo A1 (µmol/L), men

37.0-72.0

28.4-153.8

63.4

36.6-107.2

58.4

NS

Apo A1 (µmol/L), women

38.3-80.0

21.6-102.6

65.4

35.8-91.4

70.3

NS

Apo B (µmol/L), men

2.5-5.0

0.6-4.3

2.0

0.7-3.0

1.3

0.001

Apo B (µmol/L), women

2.3-4.4

0.8-2.8

2.0

1.3-2.3

1.8

NS

Apo B/ apo A1, men

0.009-0.075

0.030

0.010-0.055

0.025

0.001

Apo B/ apo A1, women

0.014-0.062

0.033

0.017-0.062

0.027

NS

*Mann-WhitneyU test. NS, notstatisticallysignificant