Abstract:
Background: Ethnic difference may affect associations between conventional risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) and the pathogenesis and severity of this disease. However, there is a lack of direct comparison based on angiographically approved CAD cohorts. In addition, there are many guidelines for cardiovascular diseases in the world. Although it is hoped that these clinical guidelines can assist in the treatment, differences between races prompts for individualized treatment. Therefore, we studied the distribution of cardiovascular risk factors of coronary heart disease among different races (China and Germany) in different age groups, and compared them, hoping to provide help for individualized treatment.Methods: Overall, 650 patients were included. Among these patients, 300 patients were from Germany and 350 patients were from China. In this cross-sectional study of two study centers in China and Germany, the prevalence of conventional risk factors in angiographically evidenced CAD patients stratified by age from February 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017 were compared. Furthermore, a logistic regression analysis was performed to identify associations between the prevalence of these factors and the severity of coronary lesions. Results: Less than 45 year old age group of Chinese and German patients with coronary heart disease had significant differences in gender (P=0.019) and body mass index BMI (P=0.009); the 45-59 age group had significant differences in gender (P=0.002), BMI (P=0.002),CRP (P=0.001), TC (P=0.002), HDL-C (P=0.000) and smoking (P=0.02); the 60-74 age group had significant differences in BMI (P=0.000) ,diabetes mellitus (P=0.007) ,fasting blood glucose (P=0.000), CRP (P=0.011), TC (P=0.000), TG (P=0.025) ,HDL-C (P=0.000) and smoking (P= 0.002); more than 75 year old age group had significant differences in BMI (P=0.001), fasting blood glucose (P=0.000), CRP (P=0.001), TC (P=0.000), TG (P=0.000), HDL-C (P=0.000), LDL-C (P=0.001) and smoking (P=0.016) . Besides, there was a significant difference in the severity of coronary artery (P=0.000) in more than 75 year old age group . The severity of coronary artery in Chinese group was related to age (P=0.012), gender (P=0.003), hypertension (P=0.001) and diabetes mellitus (P=0.006). The severity of coronary artery in German group was related to hypertension (P=0.031), diabetes mellitus (P=0.001) and creatinine (P=0.039). That is to say, c omorbidities of hypertension and DM were independent predictors to the severity of coronary lesions in both cohorts, while the level of serum Cr remained as an independent predictor of severer coronary lesions in patients from Germany.Conclusion: Differences may exist on the strength of the association between conventional CAD risk factors and the pathogenesis of CAD and its severity in these two cohorts of CAG-evidenced CAD patients from China and Germany