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.