3.4.6 – Other cardiovascular risk factors
Eight of the studies(5, 11, 13, 14, 16-19) used multivariate regression analysis to look at the relationship between DELC and other conventional cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, smoking status, diabetes mellitus, obesity and family history. Although four studies (11, 13, 17, 18), found a significant correlation between DELC and certain risk factors such as age, male gender, hypertension and smoking status this did not correspond with the presence of CAD. Instead all eight studies found that DELC was independently and significantly associated with CAD when compared against all conventional risk factors.