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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 415 |
Authors' reply
AF Erkan, B Ekici, GG Demir, HF Töre
Department of Cardiology, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey
| Date of Web Publication | 5-Nov-2014 |
Correspondence Address:
Asst. Prof. A F Erkan
Department of Cardiology, Ufuk University, Ankara
Turkey
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
How to cite this article:
Erkan A F, Ekici B, Demir G G, Töre H F. Authors' reply. J Postgrad Med 2014;60:415 |
Sir
We present our reply to the comments by Tin SS et al.[1] Serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels were determined with an automated system using the colorimetric method (Architect C8000, Abbott Park, IL, USA); a routine and common measurement method. The measurement was not manual. While the higher percentage of smoking observed in men may have contributed to lower HDL-cholesterol levels in this group, there are no significant differences with respect to gender and smoking status between group-I (moderate to high-risk Duke Treadmill Score (DTS)) and group-II (low-risk DTS). Hence, it is unlikely for smoking status to have played a role in the sex-specific difference we have observed in this study. We agree that age has an impact on DTS. The adjustment of DTS according to age with the relevant P value and the adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval can be found in Table 2.
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| 1. | Tin SS, Wiwantikit V. Serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol and Duke Treadmill score. J Postgrad Med 2014;60:415.   |
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